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Then in 1924, Hancock donated 23 acres (9.3 ha) to Los Angeles County with the stipulation that the county provide for the preservation of the park and the exhibition of fossils found there. [ 19 ] The George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, part of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, was built next to the tar pits in ...
Opals too thin to produce a "natural" opal may be combined with other materials to form "composite" gems. An opal doublet consists of a relatively thin layer of precious opal, backed by a layer of dark-colored material, most commonly ironstone, dark or black common opal (potch), onyx, or obsidian. The darker backing emphasizes the play of color ...
East of Sacramento, just a few minutes from I-80 on the side of Pacific street in the town of Rocklin, is an old granite quarry called Deer Creek Park. It sports about 50 fun and challenging vertical to slightly overhanging problems.
Meet the "Virgin Rainbow" – perhaps the finest and certainly the most expensive opal on record. It literally glows in the dark. In fact, as it gets darker around the opal, the opal appears ...
Discovered last year, the comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be visible in the California sky on Saturday night for the first time in 80,000 years.
This list of mines in California is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the U.S. state of California. It is ...
A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was brought ashore for study, marine experts said. The silvery, 12-foot ...
A nocturnal snake inhabiting prairies, deserts and bushlands. It is still found in Los Angeles today. Within pit 91 it is the rarest occurring snake. Night snake [134] [135] Hypsiglena torquata: Multiple mid and posterior trunk vertebrae as well as anterior trunk vertebrae, precloacal vertebrae and juvenile remains