A good rock collection includes a variety of rocks, including igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic, she says. Plus, she adds, it’s always great to have a fossil in the collection. There are plenty of ...

A jawbone discovered two decades ago in Arizona by a boy with a rock collection was positively identified decades later as that of a Marine who died in a 1951 training accident.

A “rock” found in an Arizona child’s collection turned out to be the jawbone of a U.S. Marine who died in a 1951 training accident in another state, experts reported.

Pocketed and taken home, the remains of Yager were swiftly turned over to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office where it became known as “Rock Collection John Doe” until January 2023.

Description This collection consists chiefly of photographs of landscapes and plants taken by Rock on collecting trips to China and Tibet, 1922-1929. The Rock Specimen Catalog, located in the Botany ...

Last year, a piece of bone found in a child’s rock collection was sent for testing. The piece was believed to be picked up in Arizona as the child explored and expanded the collection.