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[J Bryan Kramer]

There are actually some interesting materials near here but just not in
interesting form. There are Zirconium mines an hour or so from here, but
they are mining Zirconium compounds in sand. The phosphate mines have
uranium compounds but again in not very interesting or accessible form.

So 99% of what we have is calcium carbonate or phosphate. Or whatever else
you could expect to find on the bottom of an Eocene or Miocene shallow sea.

BK

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Alan Silverstein <ajs at frii.com> wrote:

> > 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
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J Bryan Kramer
North Florida, USA
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