Love a Geologist – Feel your earthquake Love a Faceter – They’re a cut above the rest Love a Mineralogist – but don’t take them for Granite Love a Paleontologist – but be aware, they collect old, dead things. I collect rocks too! – Diamonds, rubies, topaz, emeralds… Amateur Paleontologist – Professional Rock Collector Amateur Mineralogist –
Source: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) A single mosquito bite can make you sick. Why take a chance? Use repellent on yourself, your friends and your family. Many people who are bitten by an infected mosquito won’t get sick—many others aren’t as lucky. Since 1999, more than 30,000 people in the United States
By: Chris Fite, TRMS member Info from the book, Mineralogy for Amateurs, written by John Sinkankas, 1964 PSEUDOMORPH…the word is Greek, “pseudo” means false, “morph” means shape. A PSEUDOMORPH rock or mineral or crystal has the shape of another mineral instead of its normal shape. Most Limestone is not in the shape of an animal
With the increased cost of saw oil, it is all the more important to reclaim the dirty oil in your saw, as well as an ecological imperative to minimize this type of waste. As we know, oil doesn’t wear out, so if we keep it clean, it will last indefinitely. Here are a couple of
Sun screen lotion Antiseptic salve Insect repellant Band Aids – Elastic bandages, gauze, adhesive tape Antiseptis soap – Rubbing alcohol disinfectant Pins, scissors, tweezers Aspirin or other pain killers Tums, koapectate, or other indigestion remedy Chapstick or other lip balm Premoistened wipes Thermometer Red Cross First Aid Manual Blanket
A claw of a pint-sized cousin of velociraptor is small enough to rest on a Canadian coin. The dinosaur was about the size of a chicken. Washington ~ Imagine a vicious velociraptor like those in “Jurassic Park,” but only as big as a modern chicken. That’s what Canadian researchers say they have found, the smallest
Found at Topaz Mountain, Juab County Geologic Information: Topaz, Utah’s state gem, is a semiprecious gemstone that occurs as very hard, transparent crystals in a variety of colors. The topaz crystals at Topaz Mountain are naturally amber colored, but become colorless after exposure to sunlight. The crystals formed within cavities of the Topaz Mountain Rhyolite, a
We had some requests to put Paul Curtis’s Tumbling Tips on the website after he shared lots of information with us at one of our meetings. I went down and visited with Paul for a while the other day and he handed me this book and said that anything you need to know about Tumbling
Some say that in the thirteenth century, turquoise was named in the mistaken belief that it came from Turkey. That may be true or it may be that the name comes from the Persian word for turquoise, firouze, since Persia has been a major source of this gemstone for thousands of years. In any case, the blue of
The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, one of Utah’s best known excavation sites, will re-open for the season on March 27. The quarry offers interactive displays and exhibits, including a display on the excavation history of the site, a fossil preparation table, replica skulls of animals found there, and a mounted Allosaurus skeleton. Visitors can also watch