paleonet Random thoughts

[Raymond Ancog <rayancog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To all you North American viewers of Jeopardy! (and elsewhere as well),

During Ken Jennings' amazing run on the show, how often did paleo-related 
answers pop up? For that matter, throughout its entire history, was 
paleontology a popular category?

I'm asking this because I just came from a geology curriculum workshop and 
one of the topics was how to make the general Philippine public more aware, 
and appreciative of geology, including paleontology.

Also, did you know that a certain Canadian company sells recrystallized 
ammonites as the organic gemstone ammolite? I found this in a Google search.


Raymond Thaddeus C. Ancog
Mines and Geosciences Bureau
Philippines