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Calcite in fossil mollusc (Mercenaria Permagna)
- Rucks pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee Co., Florida
- Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
- Start Time: 03/12/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/19/2015 6:30:01 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This highly sculptural, Spanish galleon-shaped, fossilized mollusc (Mercenaria Permagna) has a striking and beautiful chamber filled with gemmy amber calcite scalenohedrons. Ghostly white calcite fluorescence. Excellent material. This is Pleistocene Epoch (1.8 MY - 10,000 years BP).