Having a field day
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Mineral collectors from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and farther areas, gather each year for the Open House at Eastern Industries' Winfield quarry. The quarry is huge, rectangular and cuts 80 to 150 feet down into the Old Port, Keyser, and Tonoloway Formations of Silurian and Devonian age.
Publication Name: Lapidary Journal
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0023-8457
Year: 1998
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Turning over an old leaf
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Ralston, PN, provides an abundance of fossil leaves. Most of the specimens which can be found are seed ferns of the genus Neuropteris. Seed ferns dominated in Pennsylvania about 325 million years ago which explains their predominance today.
Publication Name: Lapidary Journal
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0023-8457
Year: 1996
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Clanton Canyon geodes. (Clanton Canyon, New Mexico)_
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Clanton Draw in New Mexico serves as a fine area for geode collection. The geodes may be collected in areas where erosion has exposed the north face of the Draw. A description of the geodes found in the area is provided.
Publication Name: Lapidary Journal
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0023-8457
Year: 1992
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