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Friday, November 15, 2024

Geological Anomalies: Chalcedony Breccia in a Cinnabar Matrix and the Disappearance of Michigan’s Geology Professor

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 By Steven Wade Veatch Hidden among geological marvels at a mineral show was a cinnabar-bearing chalcedony breccia-specimen (Figure 1). The ...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Whisper of the Past: Things Lost

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Steven Wade Veatch On a lazy late fall Sunday in 1991, I walked down to Cripple Creek’s business district with my wife Shelly, my friend Mit...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Unearthing Ancient Fossils: A Reflection on the Giants in My Life

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By Steven Wade Veatch I remember a scorching summer afternoon in 1992, when, with my new wife Shelly and mother-in-law Karen, I walked on a ...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Rocks in Balance: A Closer Look at the Geological Marvels of Precariously Balanced Rocks

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 By Steven Wade Veatch Balanced Rock, in Colorado Springs’ Garden of the Gods Park, is an example of a type of geologic feature called “prec...
Monday, September 18, 2023

Discovering Hidden Treasures: A Journey through Leelanau Peninsula’s Lighthouse West Natural Area

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 By Steven Wade Veatch Leelanau’s Ice Age history is on full display in the Lighthouse West Natural Area. This 42-acre conservation area, wi...
Sunday, August 6, 2023

Bolts of Tragedy: A Teen's Fatal Encounter in the Cripple Creek Mining District

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  By Steven Wade Veatch               On a fateful Wednesday, July 15, 1914, 13-year-old John F. Bowen visited his friends at the Kilpat...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Beyond the Lab: A Scientist's Meditation on a Poem

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  By Steven Wade Veatch There are many ways to view and understand our world. Science provides theories, psychology probes human nature, p...