Pasco County, Florida, USA

Limestone

Pasco County, Florida, USA

Limestone from the Tampa Member (Arcadia formation, Hawthorn group) on display in the Walter Schmidt Museum in the Florida Geological Survey Facility in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida Geological Survey collection.

Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida, USA

Echinoid Rhyncholampas gouldii from the Oligocene Suwannee limestone of Zephyrhills, Florida.

Quartz, Chert

Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida, USA

Lustrous quartz crystals on a matrix of gray and brown chert.

LeHeup Hill

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida, USA

LeHeup hill is a 240 ft (74 m) tall paleodune near Dade City on Fort King Road. For Florida, an elevation of 240 ft is quite impressive, especially for the peninsula.

Limestone

Pasco County, Florida, USA

Limestone from the Tampa Member (Arcadia formation, Hawthorn group) on display in the Walter Schmidt Museum in the Florida Geological Survey Facility in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida Geological Survey collection.

Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida, USA

Echinoid Rhyncholampas gouldii from the Oligocene Suwannee limestone of Zephyrhills, Florida.

Quartz, Chert

Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida, USA

Lustrous quartz crystals on a matrix of gray and brown chert.

LeHeup Hill

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida, USA

LeHeup hill is a 240 ft (74 m) tall paleodune near Dade City on Fort King Road. For Florida, an elevation of 240 ft is quite impressive, especially for the peninsula.