Archaeologist Arthur presents...
This year, one of Arthur's big wishes for his birthday was a science kit. He got one at Christmas, and it contained a booklet telling him all the other wonderful kits they sell, and so he went through the book and diligently checked off all the other ones he wanted, making it much, much easier for me to go to Scholar's Choice and get one he wanted: the Crystal Mining kit, which is basically a hunk of plaster with some semiprecious rocks inside and some digging tools. Okay, well, I'm not giving it the rave review it deserves, so let me turn it over to Arthur:
He is shirtless, by the way, because it really is quite dusty, not because he insisted on doing his work bare-chested. I did try to explain to him that geologists dig up rocks, while archaeologists also dig up rocks, but hope to find rocks modified by humans. I don't think it was successful, however, especially because, now that he has excavated a piece of rose quartz, I can guarantee you that these crystals have been modified by humans prior to their extraction!
Click to viewHe is shirtless, by the way, because it really is quite dusty, not because he insisted on doing his work bare-chested. I did try to explain to him that geologists dig up rocks, while archaeologists also dig up rocks, but hope to find rocks modified by humans. I don't think it was successful, however, especially because, now that he has excavated a piece of rose quartz, I can guarantee you that these crystals have been modified by humans prior to their extraction!