Fossils
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Fossils occur in sedimentary rock.

Many fossils are of plants & animals that used to live in the sea.
A very common place to find fossils is in limestone quarries where the
blasting of rocks uncover the many different layers of fossils.

Fossils found near Waubaushene, Ontario.

 

	nautiloid
	trilobite from Morocco
	fossil table top

Websites:

• NYRockman http://www.nyrockman.com/ 
  Commercial site dedicated to fossils & meteorites.

• Hanman's Fossils & Minerals http://www.hanmansfossils.com/ 
  Maintained by Andrew Milner, Cedar City, Utah, USA

• Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit http://www.fema.gov/kids/games.htm 
  Narrated Virtual Tour of museum.

• Trilobites http://www.aloha.net/~smgon/ordersoftrilobites.htm

• GeoFossils http://www.geofossil.com
  A web site that sells a large variety of fossils

• Aurora Fossil Museum www.aurorafossilmuseum.com
  Museum located in Aurora, North Carolina, USA. They have free access to all the fossil soils they want-delivered to the museum from a local mine. It is free for the public to load up and take home or just spend a day here looking for rocks and fossils.

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