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Vermont Museum of Mining and Minerals features ancient sharks – The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
GRAFTON, Vt. – Had been there ever sharks in Vermont? Let the brand new exhibit on the Vermont Museum of Mining and Minerals reply the query. In 1847, railroad staff in Rutland found a whale skeleton. Might different marine creatures, like sharks, have lived in Vermont?
On show on the museum are fossil shark enamel, together with a 220 million year-old tooth from a Megalodon, a shark that was the scale of a college bus. The exhibit additionally features a mannequin shark, enamel from numerous different shark species, and real shark jaw.
The Vermont Museum of Mining and Minerals is positioned at 55 Nice Road in Grafton, Vt. The museum options particular displays, the biggest assemblage of Vermont minerals within the state, and a present store. The museum is open on Fridays, 10 a.m. – 1p.m., June 3 by mid-October. The museum can be open by appointment. Name Museum Director Sue Hadden at 802-875-3562 for data. Admission to the museum is free.