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Four Walls @FourWalls (86575) • United States 23 Feb

They tell you to learn something new every day. Today I learned that petrified wood weighs 166 pounds per cubic foot. How’s that for some heavy knowledge!! And where did I learn this, you ask? Why, at the Mississippi...

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Are You a Rockhound?

Jo Ann @akalinus (44366) • United States 14 Aug 24

Ihave to confess that I am a rockhound. I love rocks. I collected them growing up in the Southwest but people find rocks everywhere. There are a lot of different rocks to find. I like fossils and small bits of petrified wood....

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The Cradle Of Humankind "Maropeng" A Day To Remember!

Catherine @bluesa (15022) • Johannesburg, South Africa 19 Jul 17

A friend of mine and I were chatting about our trip to "Maropeng" The Cradle of humankind about two years ago, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It took us a 40 minute car trip. But then we got to have such fun at the Visitor...

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3.5 million year old arctic camel fossil found in Canada!

Catkin @Catkin (480) • United States 7 Mar 13

I learned today about a neat find up on Ellesmere Island, in Canada: fossil fragments of an extinct arctic camel! Judging from the bones found, it's being reported that this cold-weather camel would have stood a third taller than...

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ellie333 @ellie333 (21016) 20 May 10

I will keep this brief as this is now th 5th time I have tried to start discussion. I live on the edge of the Jurassic coast and on a day out with my son and good friend we found a ammonite fossil probably hundres of million years...

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RockCollector59 @RockCollector59 (325) • United States 23 Jan 09

no i'am not talking able me. but, if you are interested in fossils and /or rock hunting. let's talk. come join in.tell me what you have found and i will do the same.

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fossil, some feathers, or ice crystals?

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 22 Jan 08

This was taken early Tuesday morning. It was on my front door window. Doesn't it look like some type of fossil? Doesn't it also look like a couple of feathers as well? Well it's ice crystals formed on my screen door wondow. I love...

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How do they calculate a "million" years or more?

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17797) • United States 21 Nov 07

I just dont get that. They find these fossils and say they are 390 million years old - a 8 foot scorpion was just found and dated that. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_sc/biggest_bug_ever What constitutes one...

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I would like to know why some people out there claim Dinosaur fossils were.....

saralee1 @saralee1 (1982) • United States 7 Feb 07

planted there by Satan. I have heard this statement since I was a wee tot, and it just sounds too funny to me. I mean obviously, if there is proof through fossils and carbon dating that our earth can be 4 billion years old, why...

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Check your the laws where you live to fossil hunt.

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 1 Feb 07

mostly everywhere they have fossil laws. Here is florida, You may collect, Fossil shark teeth, fossil plants, fossil invertibrates, fossil shells without a permit but you will need a permit to collect vertibrate fossils....

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vanities @vanities (11395) • Davao, Philippines 31 Jan 07

how do fossils get inside the rock???

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peace river...sw florida....

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 31 Jan 07

I watched the most awesome show of Best places to find cash and treasures....and if you live in florida I have a treat for you! located on the peace river in arcadia florida. At this river you can find prehistoric Magalodon...

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The begining of a dream!

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 30 Jan 07

okay so you wanted to know how did I find treasure hunting so appealing and what motivated me for more. When I was a kid, I used to dream of finding some lost long treasure. But didn't get into this until 5 years ago. One...

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Florida fossil hunting....

tiggyann @tiggyann (614) • United States 29 Jan 07

Florida is enriched with fossils, we are ranked #5 in us mineral production. We have calcite, dolmonite, and many rare crystals that grow in the cavens deep in the ocala forests. Fossils are abundant here and check out ebay,...

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How to date Fossils?

johnravikanth @johnravikanth (352) • India 29 Jan 07

Can you explain how geologists date fossils?

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what is the best song of fossils?

shuvayan @shuvayan (83) • India 17 Jan 07

guys give ur responses about the best song of fossils............according to me its gotta be EKLA GHOR

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Do you like dinosaurs?

Hattusilis @Hattusilis (87) • Italy 11 Jan 07

Do you like museums, dossier, fossils and other on dinosaurs? And what kind of dinosaur do you prefer?

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What do you collect?

Hattusilis @Hattusilis (87) • Italy 10 Jan 07

Usually I collect super-robot diecast models, books, archaeological items, stamps, coins, fossils.

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TO all the fans of fossils and Rupamda

redbull_zico @redbull_zico (120) • India 31 Dec 06

I know there are many fossils fans here in mylot.....guys come on speak for this band and we all shall rock...

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Dinosaurs and Religion.

Virginians @Virginians (440) • United States 24 Nov 06

When I was a young girl, back in the fourth grade I believe. I remember our teacher telling us about dinosaurs, and the whole fossil process. So of course, this brought up the subject of dinosaur fossils. We had a swet of twins...

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