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Image of Fluorite crystals. Image of Tully Monster.

Tully Monster.

Image of Fossil Scorpion
Image of Lincoln College Mammoth bone Image o The Golconda Mammoth tusk Image of the Tilden Meteorite
Image of Galena Ore Image of a Trilobite Image of Mazon Creek plant fossils.
Image of Mammoth, Mastadon tooth comparison. Image of Pyrite Sun. Image of coal mined in Illinois.
Image of winged insect fossil. Image of Chicago Academy of Siciences field trip to Starved Rock.

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