Review:

Mineral Wells Fossil Park is a haven for amateur paleontologists and fossil collectors: 8 acres of gravel and rocks to sift through, with a good chance of finding a 300 million-year-old fossil, and all for free. This former gravel pit at a disused landfill is a popular place open to everyone with a passion for history.

Most of the time it is crawling with people digging with garden shovels, hoping to find the bone of a prehistoric animal or a piece of ancient pottery.

What is even better, whatever they find, they can keep. The fossils belong to the Pennsylvanian Period and the most commonly found paleontological treasures are fossilized corals, clams, oysters, urchins, trilobites, sharks, and various plants.

2375 Indian Creek Road, Mineral Wells, Texas

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