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Show 176 brine shrimp and egg harvest, 1963- 1973. Another commercial venture associated with brine shrimp is use of oolitic sands for drying flowers. Most oolitic sands are formed by the accumulation of calcium and magnesium carbonates around very small mineral particles of various kinds, principally siliceous clay. Other oolites, however, are formed by the deposition of carbonates in and around faecal pellets of brine shrimp. The natural color of flowers is preserved when they are dried in either kind of oolitic sands. These sands are marketed through craft stores. TABLE 37 GREAT SALT LAKE REPORTED SHRIMP AND SHRIMP EGG HARVEST AND ROYALTY PAYMENTS 1963- 1973 Year Pounds of Shrimp Royalty 1963 4,148 $ 165.92 1964 93,136 3,725.00 1965 170,150 6,806.00 1966 167,075 6,683.00 1967 90,660 3,626.00 1968 265 11.00 1969 49,600 1,980.00 1970 148,543 5,942.00 1971 135,165 5,407.00 1972 144,200 5,553.00 1973 880 35.00 Source: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. |
