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3.5" Fluorescent Calcite Crystal Filled Fossil Whelk - Rucks' Pit, FL
This is a partial fossil whelk (Busycon rucksorum) with some golden colored calcite crystals. It is 3.5" long and approximately 2 million years old. The calcite crystals from this location fluoresce under UV light.
Comes with an acrylic display stand.
Comes with an acrylic display stand.
Rucks' Pit was a small cement quarry that produced some amazing crystal lined fossils during the 2000s. Around 2006, the quarry was shut down and filled in with water. While some material can still be found in tailing piles from the quarry, high quality specimens of these remarkable crystal-filled fossils are becoming hard to acquire.
A geological paper on the unique geology and fossil occurrences in Rucks' Pit can be found here.
A geological paper on the unique geology and fossil occurrences in Rucks' Pit can be found here.
$45
SPECIES
Busycon rucksorum
LOCATION
Rucks' Pit, Okeechobee County, Florida
FORMATION
Nashua Formation
SIZE
3.5" long
CATEGORY
ITEM
#300290
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