Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Collecting Petoskey stones

One of the biggest highlights of our trip to Michigan was collecting Petoskey stones along the shore of Lake Michigan. They weren't that easy to find. But luckily with a spray bottle and a little lake water, we able to uncover quite a few treasures!
How to find a Petoskey stone:
1: You can only find them in Michigan.
2: They don't stand out among the other rocks, only after in rains can you initially see their beauty.
3: If it is not raining, you can spray a bunch of rocks with water.
4: Once they are wet, you will be able to see rocks that have fossilized coral in them.
5: Take the rock and get it polished. The missionaries like to carry one in their pockets and rub the rock until it becomes shiny and you can see its beauty.
6: Take Grandpa with you, he can find them without even getting the rocks wet!

4 comments:

cory said...

Your banner looks great! You good work!

cory said...

You did good work.

Scott and Natalie said...

Yeah, that's cool! How did you do it!

Michigan looks like a blast. Lake Michigan looks a lot warmer than when we visited it.

Brady said...

Brady lost his a few days ago in our high school parking lot, and actually asked me to hunt for it. Yeah, in a high school parking lot! Maybe I needed to Dad's eye, because I sure didn't see it!