A Happy and Golden New Year!

                                                            From the Souk in Dubai Happy New Year to All! We have had an extremely busy holi...

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...

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

Blue and Rose Quartz: Nature's Special Colors

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...

High Park Area Yields New Tourmaline Deposit

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: Teller County's Scenic Rock

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...

Florissant’s Sequoias: Redwood Giants of the Eocene

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