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Glaciers moved rocks, fossilized #ancient #coral, bedrock and soil throughout what is now Michigan millions of years ago, carving out the Great Lakes and depositing a wealth of natural treasures beneath them. Over time, the waves churned these waters and in turn polished pieces into rocks of all shapes, sizes and configurations—including Petoskey stones.

In the early 1900s, there were mentions of Petoskey stone in regional newspapers, but these referred to rocks harvested from shoreline gravel banks by the Petoskey Stone & Lime Company (incorporated in 1904), not the identifiable hexagon laden stones coveted and collected today.

One of the earliest printed accounts of actual “Petoskey stones” appeared in a handful of newspapers in October 1923—including the Palladium-Item of Richmond, Indiana and The Ithaca Journal in Ithaca, New York—as part of a Q&A section, authored by Information Bureau Director Frederick J. Haskin out of Washington D.C.
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#Petoskey #stone is silicified #fossil and is polished like agate. Various polishing powders, such as tin-oxide, chromium-oxide and iron-oxide are used.

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girlofthesea@diasporasocial.net
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#environment #fossil #fuels #airlines

270 flights canceled in Frankfurt, Germany as environmental activists target airports across Europe

Flying is considered one of the most carbon-intensive activities, but the aviation industry is expected to grow steadily over the coming decades despite efforts to contain the climate crisis.
https://apnews.com/article/germany-frankfurt-airport-climate-protest-flights-fbc476e30fbb9a5005e49e6614ef4686

270 flights canceled in Frankfurt as environmental activists target airports across Europe

A total of 270 flights were canceled at Germany's busiest airports after environmental activists launched a coordinated effort to disrupt air travel across Europe at the height of the summer vacation season to highlight the threat posed by climate...

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psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com
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https://techhub.social/@GregCocks/112797558237585695 GregCocks@techhub.social - New Zealand Has A Unique [Open Data] Fossil Record [Online Database] Named FRED

https://eos.org/articles/new-zealand-has-a-unique-fossil-record-named-fred  <-- shared technical article

https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2020.1799827  <-- shared paper

https://fred.org.nz/  <-- FRED’s open data online portal

[my ‘minor’ in my MSc Geology at the University of Auckland, NZ was in palæontology, and I have had an interest ever since; total aside – is what I call my temp/junk/working files, anyone else?]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #NewZealand #fossil #fossils #database #opendata #FRED #palæontology #paleontology #palaeontology #onlineportal #standards #records #publicrecords #geology #stratigraphy #sedimentology #scientifichistory #fossilrecord #samples #sampling
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Attached: 4 images New Zealand Has A Unique [Open Data] Fossil Record [Online Database] Named FRED -- https://eos.org/articles/new-zealand-has-a-unique-fossil-record-named-fred <-- shared technical...

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$8.6 Million #Shell #Lawsuit Threatens #Greenpeace's Ability to #Protest

Source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/greenpeace-shell-lawsuit

"I will stand up in scourt and fight this; and if Shell refuses to stop #drilling, I refuse to stop fighting for #climate #justice," one #activist named in the #suit said.

The most powerful have always tried to abuse the law for their own purposes in order to prevent protests against #injustice. This has forced the protest #movement into the #underground and strengthened #resistance. In the French #Revolution, the powerful were ultimately surprised by the pent-up #anger against the abuse of the #law.

#politics #economy #news #problem #activism #environment #nature #oil #fossil #fuel #future #earth #finance #money #capitalism

$8.6 Million Shell Lawsuit Threatens Greenpeace's Ability to Protest

"I will stand up in court and fight this; and if Shell refuses to stop drilling, I refuse to stop fighting for climate justice," one activist named in the suit said.

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girlofthesea@diasporasocial.net
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#octopus #fossil
Scientific American Magazine
Ancient Octopus Fossil
Octopus body shapes diversified widely earlier in evolutionary history than previously thought. Credit: From “Proteroctopus Ribeti in Coleoid Evolution,” by Isabelle Kruta, in Palaeontology, Vol. 59; November 2016

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