Ooh, pretty

[jethrien]

We got a new ammonite at the museum (think fossilized snail shell). They're usually shell-sized, maybe handsized, maybe a really large one as big as your head. The rare ones are a bit iridescent - people make jewelry out of them, like amber.

Ours is over two feet in diameter, it looks like. And fantastically iridescent - there's a full rainbow, all the way from red through purple. It's so dazzling it's almost gaudy. This thing is just jaw-droppingly gorgeous. I actually thought it was some kind of metallic painted pottery from across the room.

Shiny!

Comments

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Wherewherewhere? I will make an effort to see it when it goes on display if it hasn't already!

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Under the canoe. It's in the recent acquisitions section, with its own shiny case and everything. It's really, really obvious when you walk into the room.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I will have to divert through the museum soon to see it. I loves me some fossils! Especially the pretty ones. Because I'm totally shallow like that.

[esprit-du-tigre.livejournal.com]

Haha, I read the first eight words of that post like three times, and each time I thought, "Damn, you spelled anemone way wrong, yo." Sometimes my brain decides to play Halo 3 with my liver and spleen instead of actually work for me.

Long day, as you can probably guess.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Hey, even brains deserve some gaming time.

[(Anonymous)]

sorry ill be more careful

[montanajones.livejournal.com]

forgot to sign in, its me