Specimen Spotlight | Rock & Gem Magazine

excavated dinosaur bones at dinosaur national monument one of the best national parks for fossil viewing

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rose-quartz

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Trilobite of the Week: ALBERTELLA longwelli

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Trilobite of the Week: CERAURUS pleurexanthemus

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Mineral of the Week: Cornetite

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Trilobite of the Week: HOMOTELUS bromidensis

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Trilobite of the Week: HEMIRHODON amplypyge

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Mineral of the Week: Orpiment

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Trilobite of the Week: OLENELLUS fowleri

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Trilobite of the Week: CRYPTOLITHUS ulrichi

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native copper nugget pendant made by Julie Park with a lapidary career in geology

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ampitheater areas in the widow jane mine

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formations inside carlsbad caverns

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