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Grindstone City fossil beach

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: corals, brachiopods.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Thumb-tip shore where discarded grindstones and lakebed slabs carry Devonian fossils

Familiar Lake Huron fossil beach in Michigan guides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

slick shelves

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