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Hopewell mounds. They have never been counted, but I estimate the 

 number at over a hundred thousand. They range in size from minute 

 examples 1 mm in diameter to some nearly 15 mm in diameter. Many 



Fig. 41. 



Fossil Shark's Teeth Ornaments 



(a from Altar 2, b from Mound 17, c from Mound 18). 



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Fig. 42. 

 A Fossil made into an Ornament from Altair 1. 



are perfect, but others are of the inferior grades known as slugs or hinge 

 pearls. G. F. Kunz once informed me that the Hopewell pearls in 



