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Petoskey Stone

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Emmet Co., Michigan, USA

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Name:	Named after an Ottawa Indian Chief, Chief Pet-O-Sega.

A fossilised (calcite) coral from Devonian (350my ago) - Hexagonaria Percarinata. Designated state stone in 1965.

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Localities for Petoskey Stone
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Canada
Québec Capitale-Nationale Charlevoix RCM Saint-Urbain Saint-Urbain-de-Charlevoix	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974

USA
Michigan Alpena Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Charlevoix Co. Charlevoix Medusa Cement	Field observation by Paul Brandes.
Cheboygan Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Crawford Co. Frederic Unnamed Gravel pit	Paul Brandes
Emmet Co. Petoskey	Mineralogy of Michigan (E. W. Heinrich & G. W. Robinson)
Keweenaw Peninsula	Mineralogy of Michigan (2004) Heinrich & Robinson
Oceana Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Presque Isle Co.	Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974

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