Rare Multiple Fossil Clam Shells (Mercenaria permagna) with Honey Calcite Crystals | Okeechobee, FL

*Rare* Multiple Fossil Clam Shells (Mercenaria permagna) with beautiful honey calcite crystals from Ruck's Pit in Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida Nashua Formation

Early Pleistocene (2 myo)

Gorgeous specimen with multiple clam shells! A collector's dream!

Specimen measures approx: 1) 4.25" x 4", 2) 3.25" x 2", 3) 2.25" x 2", 4) 2" x 1.25" and 5) .75" x .5"      with matrix 8.5" x 6" x 3"

The internal natural pocket area of the clam is replaced with stunning golden yellow calcite crystals that fluoresces and phosphorescence a bright yellow to a light green under short and long wave black (UV) light.

Ruck's Pit was a small cement quarry that produced famous crystal encrusted fossils.