The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is RARE.
About twenty-five years ago, I was hiking in the hills of West Virginia when I came upon a rock slide at the base of a cliff. My eyes fixed on this rock which had a slight indentation in the center.
With my fingernail I raised the indentation with a bit of effort, and this fossilized shell appeared.
I was humbled to think that my eyes were the first in the history of our world to see this unique fossil. That, I think, qualifies as RARE.
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Truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. How fortunate that you were compelled to pick at that indentation.
My grandfather was a fossel-student, as it were. During the Great Depression he built a gigantic fireplace and chimney veneered with local petrified wood. He would have enjoyed your find. The fireplace could hold a five-foot log and the chimney was twenty feet tall. I guess I inherited a bit of his interest, the way I’m carrying on 🙂
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Thanks for your comment, Scott. Sometimes it pays to pay attention to what is around us.
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I bet he’d be happy to know that you’d inherited a bit of the same interest! 🙂 What a very cool story; Scott and John! 🙂
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Thanks.
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That is a great rare find.
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I’ve asked myself: why did I look down at that moment? Why did the indentation catch my eye from a distance? Hard to answer, but you understand why it was a pleasing discovery. My grandkids love it.
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Fossils are fascinating to the child in all of us.
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Lucky find!
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Lucky, indeed. Thank you for visiting.
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That really is rare, John.
janet
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Thank you, Janet.
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For sure rare.
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Thanks.
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A Very special moment indeed. I’ve searched unsuccessfully for fossils on Chesil beach, but to find one ‘by chance’ as it were must have been wonderful.
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It is a great memory, and….keep searching. Thanks, Christina.
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This is really amazing 🙂
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I agree. I was most fortunate to see this one.
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A very special find…fossils are so unique.I have some from Oman and I treasure them.
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I think all finds of fossils for us amateurs is special. Keep hunting.
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Wow – what a wonderful find. We lived in an area known for fossils when I was a child, but I was never lucky enough to find one. Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier 🙂
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Thanks for you kind words.
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Change is the only constant…it’s interesting that the bottoms of seabeds tower over us.
I used to find fossil bits in washed away areas of creek beds back in Iowa. It’s cool to hold history in your hand.
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Yes, I found this fossil in the hills of WVA… a long way from the ocean. It is cool, indeed.
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No doubt it once lived in the mighty Inland Sea…
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That is really neat, good for this week’s challenge.
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Thanks, I was fortunate to find that stone.
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Such a cool drive.
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Thanks.
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not only such fossil rocks are rare….finding it on a walk in woods is rare too!
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I agree. It was fortunate.
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That is a great example of a rarity and you get to cherish it every day – very precious!
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Thank you, Liesbet. It is a special treasure.
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I’m on awe! What an amazing find. It must have made your day or week.
I’d have just stood there with it in my hand and said “I have lived.”
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You have imagined well how I felt. It was a long time ago, but I am still thrilled when I look at that shell.
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What an amazing find!
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fortunate indeed
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Wow! you really have very sharp eyes and your finding is great.
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It was a great find, but it was just good fortune.
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Collected fossilized clam shells from gravel in Miami, Florida.
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