A Rambling Writer Guest Post: Thor Talks Rocks, Banded Iron

My Paleontologist/Geologist spousal unit Thor Talks more rocks!

In an earlier blog, I commented on our (or my) current obsession with polishing rocks and the stories they tell.  Here’s the latest batch of beach pebbles that Sara and I gathered, nicely tumbled:

(You may have noticed a few chunks of the dark red and black banded iron, which we did not gather on a beach.) To explain these stones, I’ll first explain this nice, polished sandstone pebble:

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Thor Hansen, Roving Bionic Paleontologist (two titanium shoulders!), has retired as Professor of Geology and Paleontology at Western Washington University, but still teaches “Dinosaurs” and “The Science of Monsters” online. He shares Sara’s Geezer Adventures as she harvests story material.

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