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Looking for a place to collect fossil marine seashells in Ft. Myers, Florida area
Gregory Kruse posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hello everyone, I am traveling from Wyoming to south Florida in the Ft. Myers area. I am really interested in visiting one of the quarries where I can collect fossil marine seashells. I know about Ruck’s pit but looking for something else. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or ideas for old abandoned pits in the Ft. Myers area. Thank you thank you in advance!- 13 replies
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Hi everyone, I found this in marine pliocene-pleistocene sediments. The rock is a sandstone with large cemented elements (pebbles and fragments of shells). What is that round object? It has an ornamentation made of small holes, fairly regular, under the surface the holes seem to widen into small chambers (as you can see in the broken point). Could it be a coral or a fossil sponge? Dimension of the round object: 40x25mm Thanks
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Beautiful dog tooth calcite spar in mercenaria permagna- 1 comment
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I am currently down to about 100 specimens and will include more pictures when I pull them out of the basement for that purpose. They are heavily traded and many of the better specimens are sought after by collectors and museums. I know that they have been around the Tucson show for more than ten years. Called Mercenaria Permagna with dogtooth calcite spar inclusions. The pit is currently closed but spoil piles are still available to the collector for a fee. More information on this fossil type is available at: SEGS-Guidebook-45.pdf, (State of Florida) online. Or search google images using: "calcite clams".
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From the album: George Prince
Beautiful dog tooth calcite spar in mercenaria permagna