This is a temporary exhibit called "Geopalooza - A Hard Rock Anthology" http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0241/326456677_D4ArK-Ti.jpg http://skeptic.smugmug.com/gallery/5340089_W5UVg/ 2008-07-06T00:00:03Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Concretion, Fontainebleau, France</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326459681_YvYpS" title="Concretion, Fontainebleau, France"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0226/326459681_YvYpS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Concretion, Fontainebleau, France" title="Concretion, Fontainebleau, France" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-06T00:35:27Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0226/326459681_YvYpS-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:35:18 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Concretion, Fontainebleau, France</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326456496_VvrDE" title="Concretion, Fontainebleau, France"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0232/326456496_VvrDE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Concretion, Fontainebleau, France" title="Concretion, Fontainebleau, France" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-06T00:35:27Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0232/326456496_VvrDE-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:36:36 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Boa, Eocene, Green River Formation</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326456677_D4ArK" title="Boa, Eocene, Green River Formation"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0241/326456677_D4ArK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Boa, Eocene, Green River Formation" title="Boa, Eocene, Green River Formation" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0241/326456677_D4ArK-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:43:51 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Boa, Eocene, Green River Formation</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326456833_RZzdr" title="Boa, Eocene, Green River Formation"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0245/326456833_RZzdr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Boa, Eocene, Green River Formation" title="Boa, Eocene, Green River Formation" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0245/326456833_RZzdr-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:44:27 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Ichtyosaur (Stenoptygerius quadriscissus) Posidonia Shale, Jurassic Holzmaden, Germany</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326456969_WVMmS" title="Ichtyosaur (Stenoptygerius quadriscissus) Posidonia Shale, Jurassic Holzmaden, Germany"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0248/326456969_WVMmS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Ichtyosaur (Stenoptygerius quadriscissus) Posidonia Shale, Jurassic Holzmaden, Germany" title="Ichtyosaur (Stenoptygerius quadriscissus) Posidonia Shale, Jurassic Holzmaden, Germany" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0248/326456969_WVMmS-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:46:00 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Pecten</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326457120_7w6Zn" title="Pecten"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0251/326457120_7w6Zn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Pecten" title="Pecten" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0251/326457120_7w6Zn-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:48:10 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Coelacanth</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326457252_uLKgk" title="Coelacanth"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0254/326457252_uLKgk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Coelacanth" title="Coelacanth" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0254/326457252_uLKgk-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:49:20 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Pterodactyl (Rhamphorhyncus) Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Limestone Eichstatt, Germany</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326457364_JQRL4" title="Pterodactyl (Rhamphorhyncus) Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Limestone Eichstatt, Germany"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0259/326457364_JQRL4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Pterodactyl (Rhamphorhyncus) Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Limestone Eichstatt, Germany" title="Pterodactyl (Rhamphorhyncus) Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Limestone Eichstatt, Germany" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0259/326457364_JQRL4-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:50:55 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Pterodactyl (Rhamphorhyncus) Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Limestone Eichstatt, Germany</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326457514_EDg2y" title="Pterodactyl (Rhamphorhyncus) Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Limestone Eichstatt, Germany"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0260/326457514_EDg2y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Pterodactyl (Rhamphorhyncus) Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Limestone Eichstatt, Germany" title="Pterodactyl (Rhamphorhyncus) Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Limestone Eichstatt, Germany" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0260/326457514_EDg2y-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:51:06 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Crinoid (Seirocrinus subangilaris) Jurassic, Posidonia Shale Holzmaden, Germany</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326457641_sm9Ca" title="Crinoid (Seirocrinus subangilaris) Jurassic, Posidonia Shale Holzmaden, Germany"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0264/326457641_sm9Ca-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Crinoid (Seirocrinus subangilaris) Jurassic, Posidonia Shale Holzmaden, Germany" title="Crinoid (Seirocrinus subangilaris) Jurassic, Posidonia Shale Holzmaden, Germany" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0264/326457641_sm9Ca-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:54:04 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Agatized coral 50 m.y. old Tampa Bay, Florida</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326457776_Fbbss" title="Agatized coral 50 m.y. old Tampa Bay, Florida"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0271/326457776_Fbbss-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Agatized coral 50 m.y. old Tampa Bay, Florida" title="Agatized coral 50 m.y. old Tampa Bay, Florida" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0271/326457776_Fbbss-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:56:07 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Trilobites and brittle stars (Selenopeltis & Ophiuroidae) Ordovician (464 m.y.) Katoua Formation Mecissi, Morocco</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326458003_AwmHr" title="Trilobites and brittle stars (Selenopeltis & Ophiuroidae) Ordovician (464 m.y.) Katoua Formation Mecissi, Morocco"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0277/326458003_AwmHr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Trilobites and brittle stars (Selenopeltis & Ophiuroidae) Ordovician (464 m.y.) Katoua Formation Mecissi, Morocco" title="Trilobites and brittle stars (Selenopeltis & Ophiuroidae) Ordovician (464 m.y.) Katoua Formation Mecissi, Morocco" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0277/326458003_AwmHr-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:58:11 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Gar (Lepisosteus atrox) Eocene Kemmerer, Wyoming Green River Formation</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326458223_6XHpp" title="Gar (Lepisosteus atrox) Eocene Kemmerer, Wyoming Green River Formation"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0280/326458223_6XHpp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Gar (Lepisosteus atrox) Eocene Kemmerer, Wyoming Green River Formation" title="Gar (Lepisosteus atrox) Eocene Kemmerer, Wyoming Green River Formation" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:24Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0280/326458223_6XHpp-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 11:59:32 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Silicified oak Miocene Oregon</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326458370_rPMEs" title="Silicified oak Miocene Oregon"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0288/326458370_rPMEs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Silicified oak Miocene Oregon" title="Silicified oak Miocene Oregon" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:25Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0288/326458370_rPMEs-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 12:01:59 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Fluorescent minerals under UV light Franklin, New Jersey</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326458499_kAUiM" title="Fluorescent minerals under UV light Franklin, New Jersey"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0302/326458499_kAUiM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Fluorescent minerals under UV light Franklin, New Jersey" title="Fluorescent minerals under UV light Franklin, New Jersey" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:25Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0302/326458499_kAUiM-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 12:07:40 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Fluorescent minerals under normal light Franklin, New Jersey</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326458635_iEkmj" title="Fluorescent minerals under normal light Franklin, New Jersey"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0303/326458635_iEkmj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Fluorescent minerals under normal light Franklin, New Jersey" title="Fluorescent minerals under normal light Franklin, New Jersey" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:25Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0303/326458635_iEkmj-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 12:07:51 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Sequoia tree trunk (Sequoia sempervirens) Miocene</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326458820_Ddrsq" title="Sequoia tree trunk (Sequoia sempervirens) Miocene"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0310/326458820_Ddrsq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Sequoia tree trunk (Sequoia sempervirens) Miocene" title="Sequoia tree trunk (Sequoia sempervirens) Miocene" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:25Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0310/326458820_Ddrsq-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 12:13:00 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Sequoia tree trunk (Sequoia sempervirens) Miocene</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326459054_GQTKX" title="Sequoia tree trunk (Sequoia sempervirens) Miocene"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0311/326459054_GQTKX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Sequoia tree trunk (Sequoia sempervirens) Miocene" title="Sequoia tree trunk (Sequoia sempervirens) Miocene" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-29T01:11:25Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0311/326459054_GQTKX-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 12:13:09 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Agate, Mexico</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326459220_ELd59" title="Agate, Mexico"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0321/326459220_ELd59-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Agate, Mexico" title="Agate, Mexico" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-06T00:35:27Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0321/326459220_ELd59-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 12:16:21 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Agate, Mexico</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326459408_CYJ2U" title="Agate, Mexico"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0325/326459408_CYJ2U-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Agate, Mexico" title="Agate, Mexico" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-06T00:35:27Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0325/326459408_CYJ2U-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 12:17:40 <p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com">Zoltan Sylvester</a><br />Labradorite</p><p><a href="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/5340089_W5UVg#326459530_nDShy" title="Labradorite"><img src="http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0326/326459530_nDShy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Labradorite" title="Labradorite" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-06T00:35:27Z Zoltan Sylvester http://skeptic.smugmug.com http://skeptic.smugmug.com/Nature/Rocks-and-fossils-at-Houston/DSC0326/326459530_nDShy-Th.jpg 2008-06-29 12:18:41