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Bob H. sent in this photo of a recent find wondering what it is?You can see calcite crystals.
The other side of the object is shown below. In that photo you can see that it is a fossilized shell with crystal calcite formations.
I've shown some of these in the past. They can have value, especially when the crystals are gem quality.
There are web sites that sell nice examples online.
We have a very famous site in Florida, which is the only place where fossil clam shells are found with calcite crystals. It is Ruck's Pit, which is near Fort Drum.You can pay a few dollars there and hunt fossils for yourself. I suppose it is still open.
I also showed some other shells with calcite crystals in this blog in the past. You can use the search box to find those posts if you want.
On another topic - Evidence confirms Jesuit missionary reports that some groups in Mexico were involved with cannibalism back in the early days of colonial exploration.
Here is a link to that story.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/news/2011/11/110930-cannibalism-cannibals-mexico-xiximes-human-bones-science/
The comments you that are added to stories like this are absolutely wild. Seems to be a special breed of people that love to comment on stories like this.
And here is a video on how the Texas drought has uncovered Native American artifacts in a lake bed where they have been looted.
http://www.kcentv.com/story/15596089/drought-uncovers
I've mentioned this story before, but here is the video.
Ophelia is gone, and Philippe is turning into a hurricane, but will stay far away from us.
Here is the big news. The surf web site predictions for big seas are not fading away. They are predicting eight foot seas for Fort Pierce and twelve foot seas for Sebastian.
They are saying that the seas will begin to increase tomorrow, up around five feet, and then gradually increase up to their peak on Saturday.
After that a relatively gradual decrease is predicted, so you might expect relatively high seas into the beginning of next week.
These predictions have remained relatively consistent for a few days now, which gives me some confidence that it will actually happen.
I'm not impressed by the predicted direction of the wind and waves though. I'd like to sea the wind and waves hitting from a more northerly direction.
Its getting close. Get your equipment ready for the weekend.
Happy hunting,
TreaureGuide@comcast.net
