Archive for 2010

Paleontological Frontiers at the Florissant Fossil Beds: Princeton Expedition of 1877

I am very pleased and honored to be a part of the Western Interior Paleontological Society's Founders Symposium in 2011. The symposium...

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A mule deer ( Odocoileus hemionus ) stops by to investigate near the Florissant fossil beds. Photo by S. Veatch. Christmas is back again in...

Quartz (SiO2) is a very common mineral and is found in all three classes of rocks (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary), in a variety of e...

A deposit of black, specimen-quality tourmaline has been discovered in the High Park area of Teller and Fremont County, Colorado. The deposi...

Dome Rock is a scenic outcrop of Pikes Peak Granite that can be seen north of Cripple Creek, Colorado along Teller County Road 1. Rising mor...

During the late Eocene large Sequoia (redwood) trees grew on terraces along an ancient river valley near present-day Florissant. Among thes...

Fagopsis longifolia is one of the more common fossil plants found in the Florissant Formation. Located 35 miles west of Colorado Springs, F...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU! The Labor Day Weekend Cache Creek Gang We are pleasantly visting at our oldest son's house this Thanksgiving...

Ferns are among the fossil plants found in the Florissant Fossil Beds of Colorado . Fossil plants like these ferns are records of prehistori...

Summer Camp in CORA at the end of the year HOOKED ON GOLD GAZETTE • Gold Spot Closing Price for Fr...

The order of Araneae (true spiders) are represented as a large and diverse group in the 34.1 million-year-old Florissant Formation. Spiders ...

Just west of Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs—about 3 kilometers from the beginning of Rampart Range Road—are the remains of fossil se...

Just west of Pikes Peak and south of the town of Florissant, Colorado (about 40 miles west of Colorado Springs on U.S. Highway 24) lies a sc...

The Tarryall area in Park County, Colorado is known for the exceptional topaz specimens discovered there. Topaz in the Tarryall Mountains fo...

Golden Aspen's changing near Fairplay, Colorado October has come and gone, and there were so many things to catch up on before the Holid...