tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post3159755127666325045..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: A quick Trip back to the JurassicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-74963915224095049052012-03-18T22:14:15.033+00:002012-03-18T22:14:15.033+00:00Hi snippa, beautiful objects aren't they? In W...Hi snippa, beautiful objects aren't they? In Whitby museum they have some exquisite chess boards with the squares inlaid with pollished ammonites..Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-76497670977309794212012-03-18T22:12:54.020+00:002012-03-18T22:12:54.020+00:00Can't resist collecting fossils Tony. Best wis...Can't resist collecting fossils Tony. Best wishes, Phil gatesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-35953685232689672212012-03-18T22:09:36.968+00:002012-03-18T22:09:36.968+00:00Hi John, If you ever visit Whitby take a look arou...Hi John, If you ever visit Whitby take a look around the local museum there - they have a fine collection of fossils from this coast.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-31822809761038560542012-03-18T22:06:40.717+00:002012-03-18T22:06:40.717+00:00Occasionally you fine ammonites with a golden coat...Occasionally you fine ammonites with a golden coating like that toffeeapple, but they are usually embedded in a large slab of rock.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-24923601415373931732012-03-18T19:44:01.822+00:002012-03-18T19:44:01.822+00:00My partner has seen ammonites you can sit on at Po...My partner has seen ammonites you can sit on at Port Mulgrave (real ones, not the concrete seats in Whitby).snippahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11455223528958815846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-39233070760227231732012-03-18T15:06:19.491+00:002012-03-18T15:06:19.491+00:00You just have to like them, do you not? Not all th...You just have to like them, do you not? Not all that is lost is lost and we humans can still treasure all of it to this day.<br /><br />Kind Regards<br /><br />Tony PowellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-77267971383921602362012-03-18T14:18:51.354+00:002012-03-18T14:18:51.354+00:00This is one of the sights (and sites) in the UK I ...This is one of the sights (and sites) in the UK I haven't visited and would absolutely love to. Thanks for taking me there, if only via the Internet.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-18207621982051366612012-03-18T13:02:41.883+00:002012-03-18T13:02:41.883+00:00The last image is super.The last image is super.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-74349752596708265282012-03-17T23:13:09.651+00:002012-03-17T23:13:09.651+00:00They bring out the collector's instinct in me ...They bring out the collector's instinct in me Ellen, but the deterrent is that you have to climb a long and very steep cliff path to get off the beach, which limits the amount of rock that you can carry....Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-7665691742702362552012-03-17T20:38:55.689+00:002012-03-17T20:38:55.689+00:00I don't "do" geology, but I love to ...I don't "do" geology, but I love to collect these things. It would be hard not to have sticky fingers there!Ellen Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684750034177425795noreply@blogger.com