Species: Mercenaria permagna
Formation: Nashua Formation
Locality: Ruck's Pit, Fort Drum, Florida
Age: Early Pleistocene, 2.58 - 0.774 million years old
A Ruck's Pit Calcite Crystal Clam from Fort Drum, Florida. These are the only place in the world in which these specific Calcite Clams are from, and represent a Pleistocene Lake Okeechobee! These clams are full of calcite and golden calcite and are fluorescent, meaning if exposed to UV light/energy they will glow for a short time.