Part and Counterpart

A long time ago while hiking in Wyoming’s Wind River Range, I chanced across this small piece of shale, with a slight crack, seen in the upper left photo. I spit it along the crack and found a tiny fossil shell inside which can barely be seen in the two pieces in the upper rightContinue reading “Part and Counterpart”

First Fossils

At an abandoned gravel pit along the Platte River, I once searched through the pile of large rocks that had been filtered from the gravel. They were of no commercial use and had been discarded by the gravel pit operator. However, they were a treasure trove to young rockhounds like me, and there I foundContinue reading “First Fossils”