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"Permineralization is a process of fossilization in which mineral deposits form internal casts of organisms."
The overflow at the hotsprings making casts of roots:
Now, I've this idea that if I hide a few stuffed dolls or animals under there I might in a few months have something curious for my desktop. My daughter and I tried it with one of her favorite stuffies at Big Hill Springs near Cochrane a couple of years ago - to no effect, wrong spot, but here, given how mineral-rich the waters are, might just yield better results.
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permineralization
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And, for as long as it lasts it's paradise. Never the same view twice.
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And, moseying around Nelson a couple of days before Christmas, the antique store had just brought in a fine selection of vintage/antique "Creepy Dolls". I have a thing for them.
From right to left, pocked papier mache doll, Gollywog, what at first I thought was a fabric rhino (but I think it's simply an old or original "piglet" doll from Winnie the Pooh), lying prone - girl with flesh colored eyes rolled back into her head...
So, the next few shops I kept my eyes peeled:
At Moon whatever consignment a mixed media creepy monkey...
An assortment of crystals, wrappings, figurines. No single thing grabs me, but the display works...
Some curious tiny preserves in formaldehyde...
Another gaggle of creepy dolls,
And, finally, this doll here, spotted marking the Bus Stop into the Twilight Zone...
Which, frankly, would be a better horror movie than any I've seen lately...
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Picked up from the beach near the guest house, scouring for hammers, arrowheads, whatever, nada.
Lots of Tufa - porous carbonate minerals deposited by springs, different shapes that resemble corals, conglomerate (with mixed pebbles & plants in the mineralization), casts of plants the tufa formed around (natural "beads"), pink quartz, some botryoidal quartz (? Maybe calcite, not sure,...) a few others chosen for shape or color. Lots of rocks to choose from, Beach glass and old worn crockery, but not an artifact in sight.