[Rockhounds] Morocco's Trilobite Economy

[Earl R. Verbeek]

Hi Gary,

Quite an interesting article!  Is it just me, or is there something about 
slabs of granite, trilobites, and dinosaur teeth that doesn't hang together 
very well?  The author also refers to trilobites as "bugs".  Can't you just 
see all those Devonian dinosaurs wading in that shallow, trilobite-filled 
sea, their teeth and the trilobites eventually to become fossils in all that 
granite?  Uhhhhhh.......no.   But a nice article nonetheless.

              Cheers-    Earl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Brown" <gbrown at catspaw-minerals.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 12:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Rockhounds] Morocco's Trilobite Economy


> Well, ask no more!
>
> Read:
>
> http://partners.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001029mag-fossil.html
>
> GcB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Tim Jokela Jr.
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 11:11 AM
> To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Morocco's Trilobite Economy
>
> Nice article. It would be interesting to have a peek into one of those
> fossil "preparation" warehouses.
>
> You should do a follow-up article, analyzing what percentage of those
> fabulous Moroccan trilobites are complete fakes, painted, glued, 
> plastered,
> and carved... has to be a nice big chunk of that $40 million dollar 
> output,
> but is it 10% or 90%?
>
> That's an article I'd love to read.
>
> Cheers,
>
> T
>
>
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