FOSSILS

Trilobites, ammonites, petrified wood, and the long argument between a rock that merely looks organized and a rock that used to be alive. Fossil collecting has its own rules, its own hazards, and its own debates about what belongs in a museum versus a display case.

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HOW TO TELL A FOSSIL FROM A WEIRD ROCK

Learn the real field tests for telling a genuine fossil from a concretion, dendrite, or pseudofossil, and when to stop and call an expert.

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