page_title: Fort Drum, Florida
hierarchical_section_title: Fort Drum, Florida
caption_attribution_description: English: Calcite Locality: Rucks Pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 9.6 x 9.4 x 6.5 cm. This fascinating specimen formed when gemmy calcite crystals grew in the natural pocket formed by a buried fossil clamshell. The interior of the shell is now full of these golden crystals. This is a large and very complete example of this phenomenon! Deutsch: Calcit Fundort: Rucks Pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 9.6 x 9.4 x 6.5 cm.
context_page_description: Fort Drum was a town in Okeechobee County, Florida, United States, located on US 441, between Yeehaw Junction and Okeechobee. A service plaza on Florida's Turnpike is named after the town. The Fort Drum Wildlife Management Area consists of nearly 21,000 acres in southwestern Indian River County and is named for its proximity to the town and is known as the birthplace of the St. John's River. Fort Drum is the only known locale for crystal bearing fossil shells. There is a cemetery in the middle of the town on almost eight acres, in which many of the first settlers of Fort Drum were buried and still remain. It is currently owned and maintained by Okeechobee County.
context_section_description: Fort Drum was a town in Okeechobee County, Florida, United States, located on US 441, between Yeehaw Junction and Okeechobee. A service plaza on Florida's Turnpike is named after the town. The Fort Drum Wildlife Management Area consists of nearly 21,000 acres in southwestern Indian River County and is named for its proximity to the town and is known as the birthplace of the St. John's River. Fort Drum is the only known locale for crystal bearing fossil shells. There is a cemetery in the middle of the town on almost eight acres, in which many of the first settlers of Fort Drum were buried and still remain. It is currently owned and maintained by Okeechobee County.
caption: Calcite crystals in fossilized clamshell, only known location to be found is in Fort Drum.
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