Arkona & Hungry Hollow, Ontario

COLLECTING LOCATION: On the Ausable River near Arkona & Hungry Hollow, ON.

 


When a pit where clay has been dug out fills with water, it often has this bright blue colour.

Ausable River when it is low. Note the erosion happening on the river bank. Many fossils can be found in the clay as it erodes. Fossils tumble down the hill side.
 
   

ROCKS & MINERALS: fossils, horn coral, clay


Horn coral, rugossa

The fossil deposits are very rich. You can see them stacked on top of each other. As the rock erodes, the harder fossils tumble out and lie loose on the ground.
   
   
   
   

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