Minnesota Petoskey Stone
Devonian
About Minnesota Petoskey Stone
The Minnesota Petoskey Stone is a coral fossil dating to the Devonian. Petoskey Stone is a realistic Minnesota fossil profile built around weathered colonial coral Hexagonaria polished by Great Lakes waves. In this state, success usually comes from learning glacial till, Devonian limestones, and Lake Superior gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
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Identification Tips
- ●six-sided corallite pattern
- ●rounded beach-worn shape
- ●gray fossil coral texture
- ●Check glacial till, Devonian limestones, and Lake Superior gravels
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