tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post616879779970691012..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Visit to a tropical coral reefUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-18903716339122784302015-11-14T20:21:57.785+00:002015-11-14T20:21:57.785+00:00Lots of fine examples around the region. I'm t...Lots of fine examples around the region. I'm told that the fireplace in the waiting room at Hexham station is made of Frosterley marblePhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-76440615055595771992015-11-14T20:20:43.902+00:002015-11-14T20:20:43.902+00:00I think someone once wrote a geology trail for Dur...I think someone once wrote a geology trail for Durham, highlighting the various rock types and fossils visible in buildingsPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-66094179198182745632015-11-14T20:19:09.115+00:002015-11-14T20:19:09.115+00:00They have some lovely chess boards inlaid with amm...They have some lovely chess boards inlaid with ammonites in Whitby museumPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-56907602485494358652015-11-08T18:00:43.922+00:002015-11-08T18:00:43.922+00:00That is something that I should like to see.That is something that I should like to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-69793895946263637632015-11-05T13:33:41.934+00:002015-11-05T13:33:41.934+00:00A fascinating post and (Country Diary in the Guard...A fascinating post and (Country Diary in the Guardian) on a very interesting subject.<br /><br />Whenever I visit Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull I spend time studying the Jurassic Limestone flooring looking for belemnites and ammonites. Great fun although I do get some strange looks!!Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-86665193730846968802015-11-05T09:03:14.005+00:002015-11-05T09:03:14.005+00:00Now Phil you must know that nothing s more than 60...Now Phil you must know that nothing s more than 6000 years old.<br />I once owned a pastry board made of polished fossilised limestone. It was a source of endless fascination but not conducive to high rates of pastry production.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com