Utah's Dinosaurs Rock Announces Fossil Dig, Gemstone Hunt

Dinosaurs Rock fossil and mineral education company has announced its second three-day Family Fossil Dig and Gemstone Hunt in Central Utah, June 27 to 29. The private tour with Neil Brown and Leslie Freund, the company's husband and wife co-founders, plus local geologists, is an opportunity for participants to find and take home real dinosaur bone, trilobites (500-million-year-old sea bugs), topaz and geodes, while learning about paleontology, mineralogy and geology.

The tour includes three days of informational talks, Dinosaurs Rock fossil and mineral raffles and giveaways, and guided tours with fossil and mineral experts on privately owned land, where hands-on exploration takes place through fossil digs and gemstone hunts, plus daily picnic boxed lunches. A box of each family's fossil and mineral finds will be shipped home. The price is $699 per person, not including accommodations. For more information, call 800-411-3466 or visit www.dinosaursrock.com/Fossil_Dig_Utah.html.

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