With summer
almost upon us, now is the perfect time to turn our eyes to the natural world
and appreciate the beauty of the Peace River landscape. The recent donation of
the Holt Collection of geological artifacts provides a great opportunity to
examine some of nature’s most exciting relics. The Holt collection includes a
diverse array of rocks, minerals and fossils that were collected by Don Holt
throughout his life.
On a hot and sunny Friday morning, the Peace River
museum was lucky to have the help of Don (a different Don!) and Jim, two local
rockhounds, to aid Collections Assistant Rhys in identifying the items in the
Holt Collection and determining their origin. While many were from the exotic
locales that Don Holt had visited during his travels, such as the African agates
and Brazilian opals, many more were found to have originated in the Peace River
area. Don described the intricate crystal structure of the geodes, and Jim identified
many fossil types that he himself had found in the region.
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| Geode |
The Peace
River museum has its own rock and fossil display, which can be found contained
in lighted display cases in the Peace River Gallery.
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| Ammonite Fossil |
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