By Erica Hamling and Amber McDonald
Every Monday Great Lakes Echo runs video clips of random people answering questions that experts believe environmentally literate citizens should understand. In the last clip an expert explains the correct answers.
This week’s question is “What is Michigan’s state stone?”
This week’s expert is Jonathon Schramm, ecologist and professor at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich.
Schramm is also a post-doctoral researcher at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, where he studies different ways for students to better understand current issues in bioenergy and sustainability.
Michigan Greenstone or Chlorastrolite found on Isle Royale
Petoskey Stone. Now, what is the state gem?anders Kips,
It’s fossilized coral, eh? I didn’t know that. This was definitely interesting!
So does that mean these stones are no longer forming in Michigan? i.e. there is a limited supply? If so, we should start calling it the endangered stone of Michigan… (joke).