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The Aurora Fossil Museum, located in Aurora, North Carolina, was founded in 1976 and was the first fossil museum in the region. The museum displays the fossils uncovered in phosphate deposits in the area. In 2016, the museum celebrates its fortieth anniversary and its rich history in educational outreach and promoting geology.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. Issue , Jan/Feb 2016,
p22-27, il, por
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9813
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The Texasgulf Company has the right to mine phosphate, the key ingredient in fertilizer, from a 40,000-acre plot of land close to Aurora. Combined with sulphuric acid, phosphate becomes phosphoric acid, and the plant ships it product to customers who make liquid fertilizers, such as those used by the state's farmers. The company has spent six million dollars on pollution control and monitoring equipment. It has also given Smithsonian Institution paleontologists the right to search the site for prehistoric fossils, such as sharks.
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32442
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David C. Edmisten is vice president of Texasgulf’s Agricultural Chemicals Division in Raleigh. This article discusses Edmisten’s background in chemical engineering, and operations of the company. Texasgulf is mining phosphate rock at Lee Creek in Aurora for the development of fertilizer.
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