States,
on the shores of Little Traverse Bay, at petoskey, Michigan, should not
escape mention in an American book. The coral found here is fossil, and
many specimens possess rare structural beauty; they are compact and
susceptible to a high polish. The fragments found are water-worn, and
the weight of some masses secured attained to three pounds. The colour
is grey, of various shades. Local lapidaries cut and polish these
handsome fossil relics of a prehistoric submarine period, and shape
them into seals, charms, cuff buttons, and paper weights. In the
mineralogical section of the reports on the Eleventh Census, 1900, Mr.
George Frederick Kunz records that from $4000 to $5000 worth annually
were sold.
