Another Diversion: The Science Blog

Being a dedicated Citizen-Geologist and a true science hobbyist and aficionado, this is my
blog-space to post the occasional fascinating bit of information relating the history
of Earth and the Space which surrounds us. Welcome!

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A Visit to a Post Ice-Age Inland 'Beach' in Long Island

Visited Smith Point County Park (a Fire Island barrier beach) today. It’s in Suffolk County on the Atlantic. Typical post-ice-age sandy...

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The Little-known Hadron Collider in a Pine Forest

Less than 90 minutes from New York City is one of the most amazing facilities ever constructed in the United States—a location where some...

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Banded Iron Formation

I just obtained this stunning piece of Banded Iron Formation (BIN), a rock from the bottom of an ancient sea, over 2.5 billion years old,...

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430 million year-old Trilobite

The small crab-like animal fossil is a 430 million year-old Trilobite, one of Earth's first animals. It came from an ancient...

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Stereo Microscope

This is my new stereo microscope which is great for looking at 3D specimens such as fossils and rocks. The slightly different angling...

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My Special Lab Assistant

Here, my special lab assistant conducts an olfactory investigation on a piece of rock which has some seas shells in situ from an ancient...

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A beautiful ammonite

Sometimes I find things in nature on my own, sometimes I purchase things. This I purchased at a fossil and mineral show in New York City....

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Seashells in the woods - Fossil hunting in NJ

Couple months ago I stopped by the Big Brook Preserve (BBP), a sort of well-known fossil location in New Jersey, about 90 minutes from...

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A unique squid-like 'belemnite' found in the NJ woods

This past winter I was in New Jersey and stopped by a creek where I found this. This is a part of a belemnite [Belemnitella americana],...

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Geology & Science Blog

Being a dedicated Citizen-Geologist and a true science hobbyist and aficionado, this is my blog-space to post the occasional fascinating...