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Beverly Rodriguez is a fossil preparator at a natural history museum, where she works on specimens in a public-viewing laboratory. She earned a geology degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, having volunteered in specimen preparation before joining the museum staff. Rodriguez also writes for Biology Insights.

How Old Are Quartz Crystals? From Growth to Geological Age Earth & Space
What Is Radioactive Dating and How Does It Work?Earth & Space
How Are Geologic Maps Useful to Paleontologists?Earth & Space
What Are Hollow Rocks and How Do They Form?Earth & Space
How Does Oxidation Weather Rocks?Earth & Space
What Is Petrified Wood and How Does It Form?Earth & Space
How Are Concretions Formed? The Chemical Process Explained Chemistry
Why Does Limestone Turn Black?Chemistry
What Are Cave Pearls and How Do They Form?Earth & Space
What Are the Characteristics of Index Fossils?Earth & Space
How Is Bedrock Formed? From Igneous to Metamorphic Earth & Space
What Is the Result of Extreme Weathering of Quartz?Earth & Space
How Does Granite Change Into Sandstone?Earth & Space
How Are Cross Rocks Formed? The Process of Cross-Bedding Earth & Space
Why Is Limestone Dangerous? From Dust to Sinkholes Earth & Space
How Long Does It Take for Wood to Fossilize?Earth & Space
How Are Extrusive Igneous Rocks Formed?Earth & Space
What Is Siliceous Ooze and How Does It Form?Earth & Space
Is a Fossil a Rock? The Science of Petrifaction Earth & Space
What Is Metamorphism? The Process That Changes Rocks Earth & Space
Does Limestone Have Fossils? How They Get There Earth & Space
What Type of Rock Is Calcareous Tufa?Earth & Space
Where Does Arkose Form? The Conditions and Environments Earth & Space
Why Is the Stalacpipe Organ in a Cave?Physics
How Old Are Crystals? The Science of Dating Earth’s Oldest Earth & Space
What Are Concretions and How Do They Form?Earth & Space
How Are Lightning Stones (Fulgurites) Formed?Earth & Space
Why Does Marble Weather More Readily Than Granite?Earth & Space
What Holds Rocks Together? From Crystals to Cement Earth & Space
Why Do the Minerals in a Geode Form Euhedral Crystals?Earth & Space