Rock and Mineral Show

[Man in Black]

My friend Michael and I recently took a trip to the Schiele Museum of Natural History for their Rock and Mineral show. I came away with a much greater appreciation for the beauty of minerals and quite a few interesting pictures...

The Museum entrance... I love this statue!



Guarding the Gate - This grizzly cast of a T-Rex stands
watch just inside the museum




The museum is home to a few artifacts from the movie Cast Away




Megalodon Teeth


This is what a Meg tooth does to a whale vertebrae!


We paid a couple bucks extra to see the mammoth exhibit - "Tusks"
The cool dude in the edge of the picture was the speaker.





Michael checking out the museum's own stunning mineral display


The official fly of AFAP... the Dragonfly





The guest's displays were all amazing!


It ain't fried chicken!



Outside there were a number of historical buildings and replicas
including a Catawba Village











MIB Tourista!



Michael and Barney Jr?


I had no idea rocks and minerals could be so breathtaking...
below is a sampling from my Rocks and Minerals photo gallery
Check out the whole gallery Here







It's fun to think of what each specimen resembles... this one looks like
sleeping polar bears



The Fortress of Solitude



Carrot cake with cinnamon





I call this one "Monkey Brain"

[Valentine]

AHHHH! What a great set of pictures there MIB! I'm a total nerd for this kind of stuff too (I'm going to the museum this month actually). I especially love the megalodon teeth. Oh man do those look nice. I can stare at those all day And nice MIB tourist picture! Hahaha, you just couldn't help but show how geeked you were to be there

[Man in Black]

Yes, my geek aura keeps expanding

I really had a blast at this place, I can't wait to go back. It sucks actually... I just needed something else to get into like I need another left cheek.