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It comes as a surprise to many people that you can find gold in Ohio. Like most states, Ohio has seen a few small ‘gold …
Virginia is home to some of the best fossil collecting sites in the United States. Millions of years ago, Virginia was covered in a shallow …
Ohio is one of the best states in the U.S. for fossil collecting. This often comes as a surprise to people who often associate fossils …
Schist is one of the most common metamorphic rocks in the world. It comes in many varieties and can contain attractive gemstone inclusions, and therefore …
Shale is a rock that almost everyone is at least fairly familiar with. It is the most common sedimentary rock on Earth and it has …
Metamorphic rocks are some of the most varied and complex rocks found in nature. Because they can be formed from any other type of rock, …