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US West, Colorado
Florissant CO
Florissant Fossil Quarry
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Eocene insects, sequoia foliage, leaves, rare fish.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: private quarry in the same 34-million-year-old Eocene lake shales as the adjacent national monument, where collecting is otherwise banned
Family-run fee quarry; insect and leaf fossils documented, the legal counterpart to eyes-only Florissant Fossil Beds NM
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Afternoon lightning at 8400 ft, sun exposure, fragile finds shatter if forced
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