Skip to main content
  • Visit
  • Learn
  • Collections + Research
  • News + Blogs
  • About + Support

Florida Museum

  • Search
  • Visit
  • Learn
  • Collections + Research
  • News + Blogs
  • About + Support
  • Department
  • Collections + Labs
  • Research
    • Points of Pride
    • People
    • For Students
    • Visiting Dickinson Hall
    • Collections
    • Labs
    • Collection Databases
    • Collections Policy
    • Research Programs
    • Research Sites
    • Centers + Institutes
    • Latest Research News

Panama Canal Project (PCP PIRE)

Azuero

  • PCP PIRE Home
    • About PCP PIRE
      • Intro & Goals
      • Project Partners
      • Publications
      • In the News
      • About this Website
    • Voices From the Field
      • 2016 Issues
      • 2015 Issues
      • 2014 Issues
      • 2013 Issues
      • 2012 Issues
      • 2011 Issues
      • About the Voices From the Field
    • Research
      • Fossil Vertebrates
      • Geology and Geochronology
      • Invertebrates
      • Paleobotany
      • Science Education and Outreach
      • Taphonomy and Paleoecology
    • People
      • Faculty
      • Staff
      • Post Docs
      • Graduate Students
      • Field Interns
      • Museum Interns
      • Volunteers
    • PCP PIRE Blog
    • Archived Courses
    • Outreach Activities and Events
    • Fossils of Panama
      • Fossils of the Gatun Formation
      • Glossary
      • Museum Collections
      • Resources
    • PCPPIRETEACH K-12
      • About the Project
      • Meet Our Educators
        • Cohort 1
        • Cohort 2
      • Lessons
        • Scientific Observations
          • High School
          • Middle School
        • Scientific Illustrations
        • Field and Classroom activities
      • Resources
        • PCP PIRE Presentations
        • For Download
        • Videos: Why Science?
        • Fossils of Panama
      • Testimonials
      • Blog: Exploring Panama by Joe Kays
Tiny sparkling grains of a blue-green metamorphic mineral (most likely epidote) that forms when volcanic basalts are hydrothermally altered. Notice the thin orange layer (perhaps microbial) on the surface, which shows weathering or breakdown of the rock (‘meteorizado’ in spanish). Oftentimes it requires a rock hammer to break open the rock and see past this superficial rind.

Bedrock Quest: Reflections on Fieldwork in the Azuero Peninsula

Jul 6, 2015

Delicate and intricate, the complexity of ecology and climate in the tropics presents a challenge for any scientist wishing to study more … Continue

Wesley at the lectern

Wesley von Dassow at GSA

Oct 22, 2014

Summer 2014 PCP PIRE intern Wes von Dassow presents this morning on the field course in the Azuero Peninsula in … Continue

Dracontomelon macdonaldii

Plant fossils from the Azuero Peninsula: Dracontomelon

Oct 3, 2014

New fossils from Eocene deposits of Panama on the Azuero peninsula (at arrow) are revealing that ~50 Million years ago, when … Continue

Contact Info

Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1721 (Research) or
352-846-2000 (Exhibits)

Florida Museum Newsletters

Subscribe Now

Museum Info

Exhibits Building Closed for Renovations

  • Learn More
  • Staff Directory

Legal

  • © Copyright 2025
  • Contact the Web Manager
  • This page uses Google Analytics
  • Google Privacy Policy
  • UF Privacy Policy
  • Social Media
  • Log In
Florida Museum of Natural History logo University of Florida logo
1 / 0