The Natural History Museum in London has recently become the proud owner of the largest piece of the Tissint MartianRead the Rest…
Geology
I am a paleontologist
I love the science of paleontology for many reasons. The science combines so many other areas of study into oneRead the Rest…
Bring Uniqueness and Style to Your Jewelry With Moissanite Rings
If you are looking into having a unique gem for your ring, you can look into getting a moissanite gem. Read the Rest…
Finding Amethyst Crystals
If you are looking to add some amethyst crystals to your mineral collection, then you have a few choices. YouRead the Rest…
History of Russian diamond production
Because Russia is such a cold country, for many years it wasn’t really cost effective for Russian miners to goRead the Rest…
Shark bites in the Cretaceous Sea
One of the most exciting things in paleontology is being able to definitively establish the interaction of two species fromRead the Rest…
A Rainbow of Jade Stone Color
Jade, a name which is used for both the minerals nephrite and jadeite, is a stone which can be extremelyRead the Rest…
Activities to do Near Arches National Park
Arches National Park is set among the red rocks of Utah’s southern desert making it a great hiking and campingRead the Rest…
Unusual Fossil Occurrence in Travertine
A number of years ago, when I was an undergraduate student, I had the privilege of going with my adviserRead the Rest…
Geologic time
One of the hardest concepts to get across to people is the immensity of geologic time. Geologists casually toss aroundRead the Rest…
What’s the difference between igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks?
There is something basic in our desire to classify things. Early humans no doubt looked around them at the naturalRead the Rest…
New evidence on the sizes of pterosaurs
The flying reptiles, pterosaurs, were an amazing successful group of prehistoric animals. They ranged from the Late Triassic through theRead the Rest…
My National Geographic moment
“A photographer from National Geographic wants to talk to you.” These words, or words to those effect, met me asRead the Rest…
How To Polish Stones By Hand
Ever asked yourself how it was that people two hundred years ago used to get their rocks and gems suchRead the Rest…
Learn about Moissanite
Moissanite is an interesting gemstone that is starting to become very popular. Although it was only really introduced commercially inRead the Rest…
Niobrara Chalk
One of the most famous formations is the Niobrara Chalk. This formation is exposed in northwest Kansas and southern Nebraska.Read the Rest…
UTM
In a couple of previous posts we have examined latitude and longitude in some detail, and explored in what formatRead the Rest…
What is paleontology
What questions fall within the purview of “Paleontology”? Quite a wide variety, it turns out, because paleontology is the studyRead the Rest…
Bonnerichthys
In modern oceans, the very largest organisms specialize in filter feeding, or living on the very small plankton in theRead the Rest…
Formations
The crust of the Earth is composed of a complex mix of rock types formed in specific depositional environments. MostRead the Rest…