Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Pebble Pup Jamie Weise and Earth Science Scholar Blake Reher, also a member of the Lake George Gem and Mineral Club, were exhibitors at the 10th Western Interior Paleontological Society’s Founders Symposium, March 4-5, 2017 at the Green Center on the campus of the Colorado School of Mines. Jamie entered a case that featured a fossil fish he excavated in Wyoming.
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Jamie Wise stands in front of his case. This is the first
exhibit he has done. Photo by S. W. Veatch.
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Blake designed a case that had a variety of fossils he collected or are a part of his collection. Blake’s case included a specimen of the carbonized wood found in an igneous rock from Cripple Creek, Colorado.
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Blake Reher, is a senior Earth Science Scholar.
He is a
member of the Lake George Gem and Mineral Club
and the Colorado Springs
Mineralogical Society. Photo by S. W. Veatch.
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View of Blake Reher’s case. Each specimen is carefully staged inside of the case along with
several props that add interest. Blake included the logos of the two clubs he is a member
of promote their Pebble Pup programs. Photo by S. W. Veatch
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The symposium’s theme was the Morrison Formation and its multi-colored sandstones, mudstones and conglomerates that entombed some of the classic dinosaurs of the Jurassic along with the plants and invertebrates that shared their North American home. The next Founders Symposium will be in 2019.
