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Aurora Fossil Museum
The Aurora Fossil Museum is a natural science museum in Aurora, North Carolina. The museum's collection is built around fossils recovered from the nearby phosphate mine owned since 1995 by Potash Corporation (PCS), but also includes fossil specimens donated from around the world as well as geology and meteorite displays. Fossils from the local mine are approximately 18-22 and 2.5-5 million years old coming from layers in the mine traced to the early Miocene and Pliocene eras in the Pungo River and Yorktown formations. The museum also maintains 2 spoils piles in the park across the street from the museum. The pits are filled with mine tailings where small shell, coral, shark tooth and other fossils are relatively easy to find. The pits are open during daylight hours daily.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://naturalsciences.org/sites/default/files/files/documents/enc/TH_Chipping_Away_at_Fossils.pdf )〕
〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aurora - PCS Phosphate Mine, Aurora, NC )〕
The museum provides information about the geological history of the Aurora area, which is known as a center for fossil hunting (especially due to the phosphate mine).〔Philip S. Gutis ,("Fossil Hunting in North Carolina" ), ''The New York Times'', September 6, 1987.〕 The museum was founded in 1976 and opened in 1978 as a collaboration between the town of Aurora, local mines, East Carolina University, and other interested parties. Visitors are allowed to collect fossils from the neighboring spoils pile.〔Renee Clary and James H. Wandersee, "Geobiological opportunities at U.S. fossil parks", in Anthony D. Feig, Alison Stokes, eds., ''Qualitative Inquiry in Geoscience Education Research'' (Geological Society of America, 2011), ISBN 978-0813724744, p. 124 (Excerpts available ) at Google Books.〕〔Time Whitmire, ("Aurora Museum Offers A Toothy Trip Back In Time" ), Associated Press in ''Times-News'', June 4, 2006.〕
==Events==
The museum has hosted a yearly Fossil Festival each May since 1983. The festival includes a fossil auction.
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