Re: paleonet Pearls in the fossil record

[Frank Holterhoff <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know pearls are found in the Cretaceous of Texas, particularly in the 
Austin Chalk (which is loaded with Inoceramus).  I couldn't give you any 
technically-oriented citations off the top of my head, but Chuck Finsley 
discussed/figured them in his book "A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas".

I also recall that somebody had one on eBay a few months ago that he had 
found in the Pleistocene Caloosahatchie Fm. (I think) in a shell pit in 
southern Florida...he was only asking $10,000 for it.  Don't know if he 
ever got any takers :-).

F

Susana Damborenea wrote:

> Dear Mike,
> Here is an example from the Tertiary of Argentina, with a good 
> bibliographic review on the subject (quite a few references on pearls 
> related to Cretaceous inoceramids up to 1937!)
> Frenguelli, J. 1937. Sobre una perla fósil del Aonikense de Punta Norte 
> en la Península de Valdez (Chubut). Notas del Museo de La Plata (n.s.) 
> II, Paleontología 11: 155-162. La Plata.
> Best wishes,
>  
> Susana

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