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Metadata
Object Name |
Ecofact |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1989.010.032 a - v |
Description |
Collection of 22 rocks and fossils obtained on John Growder's travels while working in the foreign oil fields. In the collection are three white fossils, a black shell fossil, two white opaque rocks, two white, grey and pink rocks, four purple and white rocks, a long narrow brown rock pointed on both ends, three pieces of quartz, a black piece of shale, and four pieces of limestone. |
Provenance |
Acquired as a memento by John Growder whose international oil drilling career lasted 32 years, taking him to India, Arabia, Japan, and Egypt. |
Search Terms |
International Drillers Foreign Drillers Memento Shell Rocks & Minerals Fossils Collection |
People |
Growder, John |