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Fossil Coral from Tampa Bay Florida lapidary material


Gregcohen

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Many people are familiar with the lapidary material and cabochons from Indonesia.  Not as many are familiar or aware of the material from Florida.  In this case the Tampa Bay Florida area.  These coral fossils are from 22-26 million ago and have been silicified.  (The Florida Natural History Museum's invertabrate professor is co-authoring a paper that narrows the time period).

 

The local lapidary club is open again so thought I'd share some of my amateur pieces and the raw material I've found.

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Wow those are some beautiful pieces, thanks for sharing :wub:

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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