The Glass Sponge, or Venus Flower Basket makes a delicate but rigid lattice of silicate spicules extracted from seawater.

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The Glass Sponge, or Venus Flower Basket makes a delicate but rigid lattice of sillicate spicules extracted from seawater. They are found in tropical seas about 150-300 ft deep

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Location: Florida, USA
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