phenomenalgems: Virginia’s official state fossil: Chesapecten jeffersonius! This extinct fossil scal
phenomenalgems: Virginia’s official state fossil: Chesapecten jeffersonius! This extinct fossil scallop was the first fossil described from the New World–it was first drawn in 1687 by Martin Lister. In the 1800s, famous geologist John Finch gathered the first comprehensive fossil collection in North America. At the time, fossils were so plentiful in the area that local inhabitants used them as dishes, ladles, and in building foundations. (I snapped up this little beauty from the VA Rock Shop in Afton, VA. ) #notforsale #onlocation #chesapectenjeffersonius #fossil #statefossil #virginia #scallop #newworld #history #display #specimen #geology #phenomenalgems -- source link
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