Petrified Wood in Michigan: The Facts and the Fiction
Petrified wood, it’s a stone everyone is familiar with by name at least. And everyone gets excited about finding it, but can it actually be found in Michigan? The story is complicated, but the answer is…
The Blues After Dark: The Fluorescent Secrets of Leland
Leland’s famous blue slag holds a fluorescent secret!
So you found silver metal on the beach. What is it?
So you’ve found a shiny piece of metal in the sand. Is it silver? Is it platinum or titanium or osmium like your app tells you? The answer is as simple as it might be disappointing!
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