Tumbled – The People’s Polished Rocks!
“Hi! Do you like rocks? Agate, petrified wood, jasper, stuff like that?” It’s a good conversation starter. Often the reply is, “I’ve got...
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Dan Mabbutt
Jun 23, 20235 min read
Lament of a Computer Fossil
Interesting Times Indeed “May you live in interesting times!” I recently wrote an essay here – Old Fossils and Their Rocks – about my dad...
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Dan Mabbutt
Jun 6, 20236 min read
Old Fossils and Their Rocks
What Happens to Rock Hoarder Collections “May you live in interesting times!” This classic phrase is called “The Chinese Curse” even...
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Dan Mabbutt
Jun 1, 20233 min read
Rocks Fall …
What gets pushed up must fall down. I just experienced something – again – that I thought I would share., One of my earliest memories in...
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Dan Mabbutt
May 21, 20234 min read
Snattlerakes ! (Updated for 2023)
21 May 2023 - We just saw our first rattlesnake of this new year! They're about three weeks late, but everything is late this year. It...
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Dan Mabbutt
Apr 9, 20233 min read
A Bone To Pick ?
Dino bone was easily my dad’s favorite rock. There was a time when there was a LOT of it in his back yard. When my dad retired, he...
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Dan Mabbutt
Mar 17, 20231 min read
Three Agates in One !
The software I used to build this site just isn't powerful enough to do the kind of document that the beautiful Utah Pigeon Blood...
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Dan Mabbutt
Mar 11, 20231 min read
Reflections
What am I doing and why am I doing it? People don't think about that enough. I think about it a lot. A typical Internet seller just wants...
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Dan Mabbutt
Feb 21, 20234 min read
The Stones of Marrakech and Other Lies
One of the rocks in my dad’s collection is a popular fossil sold to tourists … and available in quantity in commercial rock shows like...
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Dan Mabbutt
Feb 7, 20234 min read
Deep Time!
A lot of rockhounds don’t really have a concept of “deep time”. That's the time that has passed to form the fossils for sale here. There...
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Dan Mabbutt
Jan 30, 20232 min read
I Want a Burl
Rockhounds are motivated by a lot of things. One is the thrill of discovery of something unique and delightful that has been in the...
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Dan Mabbutt
Jan 5, 20232 min read
Size Matters !
When you browse through the rocks listed here for sale, you only see a few rocks that are bigger than five or six pounds. There’s a...
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Dan Mabbutt
Dec 27, 20222 min read
The Grapes Of Sandra Fell
Utah Grape Agate is one of the unique red rocks found in Utah. They were ... You would be extremely fortunate to find anything now. ......
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Dan Mabbutt
Dec 20, 20224 min read
Fuzzy Top – The Joe Btfsplk* of Deer
Fuzzy Top has to be the unluckiest deer on the mountain. Or at least he was. Maybe his luck has changed now. We named him Fuzzy Top...
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Dan Mabbutt
Dec 12, 20222 min read
RIP -- Fred Brooks
Fred Brooks died on November 17, 2022. He was 91. This essay has nothing to do with rocks, but it's important to me and this is my web...
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Dan Mabbutt
Nov 18, 20225 min read
SuperSeven (Gem From Heaven!)
Super ? and Seven ? (post script added 27 Sept 2023) A wonderful solution for the problems tormenting all mankind has been discovered !!!...
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Dan Mabbutt
Nov 15, 20225 min read
Utah Plasma Jasper - Unknown Rock!
Utah Plasma is truly a mystery rock! This article is about what I know about Utah Plasma … and what I don’t know. There are more things...
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Dan Mabbutt
Nov 10, 20222 min read
Petrified Swamp – O. G. Wottafossil
My friends here have heard me proclaim loudly that my “Algae-on-a-Stick” is the “best” fossil in my dad’s whole collection. The word...
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Dan Mabbutt
Nov 9, 20223 min read
What’s a “Gastrolith” ?
The common name is “gizzard stone” and they are definitely a real “thing”. Birds (today’s descendants of dinosaurs) still have them. In...
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Dan Mabbutt
Nov 3, 20225 min read
Crinoid-netlies ! The Origin of Golden Swirl
… The Saga Continues ……… 21 March 2023 ***************************************************************************** A new friend...
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