[Rockhounds] change of subject

[R. Peter Richards]

The only collecting in the Toledo area is in the limestone quarries,  
where one can find calcite, celestite, sulfur in some, marcasite and  
pyrite as small crystals, occasional small galena crystals, and  
fluorite.  The problem is that gaining access is difficult, mostly  
requires going on a club field trip.

The suburb of Sylvania has a quarry that is famous for its fossils,  
some of which are replaced by pyrite or marcasite.  Large and  
excellent Phacops trilobites were found there.  To my knowledge it is  
now closed to routine collecting, but I think there is now a "fossil  
park" or something of the sort there, where they bring in truckloads  
of material for people to scrounge through.  Not what it used to be,  
but still might be worthwhile if you like fossils.

Check the web using "Sylvania Ohio fossil", but pay little attention  
to the posting that lists the fossil park as a "premiere  
archeological attraction"(!!!!)

Pete Richards

On Jul 10, 2007, at 8:09 AM, teresa jetter wrote:

> We are going to lake Erie this weekend, and was
> wondering, What if anything is around the Toledo area?
>   Are there any good beach collecting sites?
> T.J.


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R. Peter Richards
rpr at heidelberg.edu
Morphological crystallographer





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