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| Best time of year to go: Almost any time of the year. The summers can be hot and the woods overgrown with vegetation. | Other helpful resources: (newspapers, websites, etc)
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| THE BEST PLACES TO HUNT Regions can have multiple good spots to go — add details to build a complete guide. |
| Location #1: Mississippi Petrified Wood Most of the best petrified wood from Mississippi comes from trees which grew in the state during the Oligocene Epoch, around 30 million years ago. The Gulf of Mexico's shoreline extended further north at that time, which explains why the wood is found in the more northern parts of the state. This petrified wood formed when a tree was buried by sediment, and its tissues were replaced by silica in the groundwater. A variety of chalcedony, fossil wood replaced by chalcedony (silica), sometimes also by Opal. The material replacing the wood may vary. Most commonly quartz, in the form of agate, opal, or jasper, will be the replacement material. Occasionally, limonite, carnotite (an uranium mineral), or other minerals will be the replacement material. Trace minerals included within the silica impart a variety of hues, ranging from black to blue to red. General description: | How to get there: The Mississippi Petrified Forest is a privately operated park and museum located at 124 Forest Park Road, Flora, Mississippi. This site has been known since the mid-19th century, but it was not until 1966 that it was named a Registered National Natural Landmark, and subsequently developed and opened to the public. Link to Petrified Forest: http://www.mspetrifiedforest.com/Attractions.cfm |
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| Handy to bring along: 1. Hand Pick. 2. Rock Hammer. 3. Rock Pack. | Helpful notes to newcomers: Tour the Petrified Forest. Wood can be collected over a large area in the ditches and stream near the park. |
| Location #2: Fossils of Ice Age animals General description: During the past several years Lonnie and Freida Looper of Greenville, Mississippi have collected over 500 fossil bones of Ice Age animals which lived in our loess area between 10,000 and 250,000 years ago. They were often accompanied by their son, Zachary Horne, who contributed many rare and exciting finds. These animals lived during the Rancholabrean Epoch which gets its name from the famous "Tar pits" locality in Los Angeles, California. Link: http://www.backyardnature.net/loess/fossils.htm | How to get there: All of the fossils were recovered between river mile markers 499 (near the town of Glen Allen, Mississippi) and 639 (a point on a line with Sherard and Clarksdale, Mississippi. |
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| Handy to bring along: 1. 2. 3. | Helpful notes to newcomers: The family found these treasures by walking gravel bars in the Mississippi River bed, during seasonal low water levels. |
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| fluffymetal | Mississppi Agates & Fulgurite | 3 | Jan 30 2010, 7:56 AM EST by aubreyreynolds9@gmai | ||
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I have been MS agate hunter for several years now, and MS and some of the most beautiful agates I've come across. I've often wondered, where do these agates come from? There is little research that claims agates are found in MS, and the research I have found calls these agates "creek agates" and most pictures show pictures of dull, orange colored agates. I have some that can compare to Lake Superior Agates even Brazilian Agates. After heavy research, I discovered that there is a dormant volcano that lies exactly 1/2 a mile below the Jackson Coliseum. I found this interesting, and it finally explained the mystery of why so many beautiful agates can be found in MS. I have also found a hot spot that contained hundreds of pieces of fulgurite "fossilized lightening". Something interesting about these pieces of fulgurite is that they all expose the inside (the glassy bubbly) part of the fulgurite rather than the outercrust.
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