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instead of finding change in the bottom of the washing machine, you find a fossiliferous carbonate that you happen to toss in your pocket while out in the field.
Happened to me with a bunch of biotite mica this year.
Y cuando la frase de “joer cómo te pesa la mochila, ¿qué llevas, piedras????” y tú…”sí………………” xDDDDDDDDDD
A few fossils, some interesting igneous rocks… yeahh
Ditto this for pyrite cubes and crinoid stems.
urg, I’ve totally washed delicate carbonate fossils to the point of dissolving them =/
Biotite mica in the washing machine —> All of your clothes sparkle
Don’t wash coveralls with coal samples in the pockets. Just sayin’ >.>
There are shards of iceland spar everywhere in my suitcase thanks to the Harding Pegmatite.
Rock shed off of me walking around the room.