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Calcite in Barbatia Clam Fossil from Ruck's Pit Quarry, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida

 
Calcite in Barbatia Clam Fossil from Ruck's Pit Quarry, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida

Calcite in Barbatia Clam Fossil from Ruck's Pit Quarry, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida

Calcite in Barbatia Clam Fossil from Ruck's Pit Quarry, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida

Calcite in Barbatia Clam Fossil from Ruck's Pit Quarry, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida

Calcite in Barbatia Clam Fossil from Ruck's Pit Quarry, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite in Barbatia Clam Fossil from Ruck's Pit Quarry, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida

DESCRIPTION:No. 71240
Mineral:Calcite in Barbatia Clam Fossil
Locality:Ruck's Pit Quarry, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida
Description:Fossilized Barbati clam replaced by white-tan calcite with a void in the center lined with lustrous transparent yellow scalenohedral calcite crystals. The calcite fluoresces white under SW UV illumination and phosphoresces when extinguished. Collected in 2006 by Ken Ceglady
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:2-7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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