Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Iris Wild Wins First Place Award

Iris won first place in the National Park Service art
competition that honored National Fossil Day and another
first place award from the American Federation of
Mineralogical Societies

 

Types of Rocks

 


Friday, September 19, 2025

A prehistoric crayfish

A prehistoric crayfish, Enoploclytia porteri 
By Riley Newman
Grand Traverse Area Rock and Mineral Club Pebble Pups


 

Gabriel’s Report About Orthoceras

By Gabriel Minich Orthoceras is an extinct relative of squids and octopi that lived during the Ordovician period. The name Orthoceras comes ...