Post AzosMkjE8GNNexPJVA by maxleibman@beige.party
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(DIR) Post #Azos8ZhkK1uBPoxDeq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-02T01:23:03Z
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OK. This sounds made up, but I want it to be true? Apparently sometimes ants find garnets while digging their nests. The ants think "useless rock" and add it to the hill outside where it may be found by people who love shiny little stones.
(DIR) Post #AzosMkjE8GNNexPJVA by maxleibman@beige.party
2025-11-02T01:25:34Z
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@futurebird “One ant’s trash…” as the saying goes.
(DIR) Post #AzosRkLB0BKnu8XU3M by CStamp@mastodon.social
2025-11-02T01:26:28Z
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@futurebird It seems to be true. A number a articles and videos...https://rockseeker.com/where-to-find-ant-hill-garnets-in-arizona/
(DIR) Post #AzosaR346C6yg3D89g by Lemniscate@infosec.exchange
2025-11-02T01:28:03Z
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@futurebird Anthill garnet! I have a ring that is allegedly anthill garnet. It’s a very pretty stone, however it was found.
(DIR) Post #AzosuL8NnVaQ7tBnlY by funkula@goblin.camp
2025-11-02T01:31:38Z
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@futurebird slightly different, but when I was a kid we found a hide scraper sitting on top of a gopher mound, unearthed from some buried archaeological site by a rodent. I wonder if my dad still has it
(DIR) Post #AztUqahAZchc7VwJtY by alcootatooter@sauropods.win
2025-11-04T06:55:33Z
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@futurebird Also ants sometimes find little fossil mammal teeth and deposit them outside the nest. A major source of Cretaceous mammal fossils for paleontologists.
(DIR) Post #AztbMrcBnku3aTNlWi by AltonDooley@mstdn.social
2025-11-04T08:08:39Z
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@futurebird They also do this with tiny fossil bones and teeth. There have been a number of papers published on ant-excavated fossils.