{"id":10312,"date":"2014-07-22T00:06:31","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T07:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=10312"},"modified":"2014-07-22T00:51:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T07:51:08","slug":"rocks-sandstone-fossil-from-blacks-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2014\/07\/22\/rocks-sandstone-fossil-from-blacks-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"rocks: sandstone fossil from Blacks Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giving The Rock Back To The Place It Came From<\/h1>\n

by Reviewer Rob<\/b><\/p>\n

I’ve collected rocks in the past but lately have been in the mood to return some of them to the places I got them from.<\/p>\n

(Below’s post material is from yesterday.)<\/i><\/p>\n

I took this strange rock back to the area I found it today. It’s a sandstone half-orb type formation that solidified around a crustacean, the fossilized remains of which are visible in its center if you look closely. I had picked it up from the sandy beach at the bottom if the cliffs just north of the point – almost directly below where these pictures were taken, actually – at Blacks Beach one Spring day in 2011 when I brought an art model who had came visiting me for work from out of state. She wanted to see the famous San Diego nude beach at Blacks there. <\/p>\n

I didn’t hike all the way down to the sand this day just to return it though. I simply tossed it down onto the hillside beneath where this photo was taken; nature and erosion will have to finish the job. I’m very busy!<\/p>\n

Here’s some amazing cellphone coverage of the ceremonial return of the sandstone fossil rock:<\/p>\n

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Pre-launch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A side view that shows the fossil better.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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