[Rockhounds] Club

[Alan Silverstein]

> I would imagine there is a lot more in Florida than most people
> expect.

Yup.  Mostly limestone, but agates near Tampa, lots of fossil
(phosphate) bone, some quartz/calcite shell geodes in various spots
(such as years ago in a construction area in North Miami Beach).  You
can web search to learn more.  Plus, shell and coral collecting is
always fun too.

If interested in a trip report from 2000, when I did some collecting:

  http://silgro.com/trip_reports/2000.0829_FloridaCollecting.htm

And in 2006, Tampa Bay agate:

  http://silgro.com/trip_reports/2006.1202-09_TampaBayAgate.htm

Cheers,
Alan Silverstein