The Green River Fossil Formation is one of the best known and most prolific fossil locations in the U.S. About 55 million years ago, during the Eocene period, the Rocky Mountains were formed. At that ...
The Oldest Known Stone Animal Carvings. - (Post)Animals, and the human form, are the earliest recorded stone carvings. Depictions of animals in cave art have been found in more than 100 countries. From the beginning of recorded history, and probab ...
Where is Petrified Wood Found? - (Post)Petrified Wood is found all over the world. Countries with well-known petrified wood deposits include: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, The Czech Republic, Germany, Ecuador, Egyp ...
Idaho Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Idaho is a great state for rockhounding. In fact Idaho's nickname is 'The Gem State’. It even has a county known as Gem County. The state is also home to an incredible variety of geol ...
Animal Symbolism and Fetish Meanings - (Page)Gemstone Animal Carving Figurines, Fetishes and Symbolism What is my spirit animal? Early people honored animals for their strength and character, and the animal was recognized as a symbol for th ...
Owyhee Jasper - (Page)Owyhee Picture Jasper (pronounced Oh-WAH-hee), comes from the rugged Owyhee mountain. The area is situated on the Idaho-Oregon border, just south of Homedale, Idaho. Owyhee Jasper is another one ...
Chinese Zodiac Animal Symbols - (Page)To learn your Chinese Zodiac Animal symbol find your birth year below. We carry a lot of animal carvings and I find people love to collect certain animals. Sometimes they have fond m ...
Tennessee Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Tennessee has more mineral resources than any other state east of the Mississippi, except North Carolina. Limestone and dolomite, bituminous coal, lead, zinc, ball clay, sand and gravel, phosphate, ...
Vermont Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Vermont is known for its marble, serpentine, and other metamorphic rocks. Much of the area of Vermont is broken up by the Green Mountains and, parallel with them in the west, the Taconic Mountains.