September 5, 2026
A Young Peregrine on the Ascent
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June 4, 2018
Monday Morning Mystery 060418
Ken Wiegand gave me this large rock — it would dwarf my Washington quarter.
Can anyone I.D. any of the fossils embedded in it? (Thanks, Ken!)
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Since I know nothing about this I will dramatically and romantically suggest it is the Eye of Horus! It looks like an eye with the pupil and eyelashes…never mind.
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Looks like a crinoid stem. And perhaps some brachiopods with it.
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Marianne Herrmann
Since I know nothing about this I will dramatically and romantically suggest it is the Eye of Horus! It looks like an eye with the pupil and eyelashes…never mind.
Rick Radis
Looks like a crinoid stem. And perhaps some brachiopods with it.