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Agatized fossil Coral (Chalcedony) ex Hauck Coll.
- Tampa Bay, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida
- Large Cabinet, 15.0 x 9.0 x 5.0 cm
- Start Time: 04/01/2013 1:00:00 am (CDT)
- End Time: 04/04/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This unusually shaped, large, agatized Florida coral looks like an extinct horn coral from the Paleozoic Era (488-251 million years ago), but it's from the Oligocen-Miocene Epochs, as is the other piece this auction. The complete all-around ribbed growth form of the coral is apparent and the vuggy top resembles previous fossilized Florida corals with botryoidal interiors. These date from 38-25 million years ago. Ex Richard Hauck Collection. A sculptural specimen of biology and mineralogy.