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The stone my cousin picked up on the beach was a smooth pebble with a single corallite on it, like a flower imprinted on stone. Beautiful. The corallite-covered stone in this photo has an interesting story to it. While walking along R. Evangelista in Quiapo, I saw a small crowd gathered around a stand in mid-street. A tout was displaying pretty and strange-looking stones which, he claimed, were “buhay na bato” (live stones) that had various powers—this one, he said, would ensure one’s success as a gambler; that one would make one lucky in love. The stones were expensive. An almost round bit of fossil coral was P500! I settled for the stone in the photo which, though not as pretty, cost only P100.
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September 1, 2023September 2, 2023Life, Science

Family and fossils: My cousin Isko and my first precious find

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(First of two parts) I found my first fossil on a rocky shore in Catmon, a town an hour’s drive from Cebu City.  My family and I were on a drive through the countryside north of the city: Liloan, Danao, Carmen, Catmon, Sogod … On the way back we stopped at the only decent public...