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   Rucks Pit Crystal …

   
   

   19 March 2026 05:00 AM      21 March 2026 05:00 AM

   Rucks PIt is open again!  But only at particular times.  The Rucks Pit Crystal Clam Festival is a public dig event that allows folks to dig their own crystal clams at this world-famous site.   The event takes place once or twice a year and is hosted by Pacific GeoLab, the group which holds the lease on the property.   Next event is March 2026.  Go to pacificgeolab.com for information.
   

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   Lecture about the …

   
   

   19 March 2026 06:30 PM      08:00 PM

   Thorsten Wappler is a popular researcher on fossil insects. He was a member of the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt for some years around 2000, is an adjunct professor in Paleontology at the University of Bonn and became the new paleontologist in this museum some years ago.
   He gives a lecture about the fossils from this popular site at the Pfalzmuseum für Naturkunde, POLLICHIA-Museum in Bad Dürkheim (near Mannheim), Kaiserslauterner Strasse 111
   Lecture starts at 19:30, free entrance.
    
   VFMG Bezirksgruppe Pfalz - Vortrag: Die Kostbarkeiten der Grube Messel – Die Interaktion zwischen Insekten und Pflanzen und was uns Fossilien darüber erzählen können - Pfalzmuseum für Naturkunde
    
   

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