Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Digging For Opals

Sorry it's been a bit since I've posted, we had my mom visiting for a week so I took a break, and now I'll get everyone caught back up on what we've been up to.

Last Saturday, we went over to the Opal Mines in Spencer Idaho and searched for opals. We got a couple of really nice ones and some really pretty rocks with opal in them.

It ended up being a quite interesting trip. It flowed in with our current line of study really well, because while we weren't searching for fossils, the tools used are very similar, as is the care needed. Nick really enjoyed looking for the opal rocks and bringing us rocks to work on.

I didn't take my camera, but mom did, so as soon as I get those pictures I'll add them in.

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