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Slag is stony waste matter separated from metals during the smelting or refining of ore. Slag is often mistaken for a meteorite or a fossil.

Tetris L, via Wikimedia Commons

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Penn Dixie Fossil Park
4050 North Street
Blasdell, NY 14219

1-716-627-4560

Penn Dixie is closed for the season and will reopen in April 2023. Members may visit with prior permission.

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Phone: 716-627-4560

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Hamburg Natural History Society, Inc.
3556 Lakeshore Road
Suite 230
Blasdell, NY 14219

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Gateway Executive Building
3556 Lakeshore Road
Second Floor, Lakeside
Blasdell, NY 14219

Penn Dixie (No mail):
4050 North Street
Blasdell, NY 14219

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Happy #FossilFriday! Just a reminder, Penn Dixie Membership Gift Packs purchased between 11/17/22 and 12/31/2022 come with an automatic membership upgrade to include a PLUS! A PLUS adds one (1) free, non-member guest per visit ⚒️ Click the link in our bio for more information and to place your orders.

Happy #FossilFriday! Tag us in your fossil finds or use the hashtag #PennDixie for the chance to be featured in a future fossil Friday post⚒

Give the gift of science this holiday season with a Penn Dixie Membership Gift Pack! Membership Gift Packs are available with either Family or Individual memberships. As a special holiday bonus, Membership Gift Packs purchased between 11/17/2022 and 12/31/2022 come with an automatic membership upgrade to include a PLUS! A PLUS adds one (1) free, non-member guest per visit ⚒️ Click the link in our bio for more information and to place your orders.

Happy #FossilFriday from this killer Palaeozygopleura gastropod (right) accompanied by a little coral (left). Although all Palaeozygopleura species are extinct, there are many modern gastropods with similar shell structures, which makes it easier for us to imagine what this nearly 400 million year old sea snail could have looked like🐌 Unearthed at Penn Dixie by James Hanna ⚒

⚠️ There's ONE DAY left to get your Hops N' Rocks hybrid raffle tickets online! ⚠️ We've got 3 awesome prizes - a stocked bar cart, a fossil dig for 10 with PaleoJoe in Michigan, and 2 tickets to the Bills vs Jets game! Raffle tickets are $25 each and can be purchased online using the link in our bio until NOON tomorrow (November 9th)⏳ Tickets will be also available in-person at Hops N' Rocks 🍻

Happy #FossilFriday! This week we're featuring a fossil find from our board member, Alasdair Gilfillan⛏️ Alasdair recently unearthed a Greenops that was split right down the middle, but with a lot of patience, prep, and TLC, he made that Greenops look glorious!👏 The first photo shows the trilobite as it was found, the second photo is the two halves being glued together, and the last two shots feature the finished specimen from both sides. Another great find and prep by Alasdair!

We are excited to announce that we have received $250,000 in funding to build a new pavilion and picnic area from Assemblymember Jon Rivera. The Town of Hamburg and Hamburg Town Supervisor Randy Hoak are also contributing $100,000 toward the project. This funding will go towards an improved entrance, a new check-in and programming pavilion, improved restroom facilities and infrastructure upgrades that will add trail connections. We are incredibly grateful for this investment in our organization from Assemblymember Rivera and Supervisor Hoak. We would also like to thank IUOE Local 17 for donating their labor and expertise to this project which began this year and will continue in 2023. We're looking forward to welcoming visitors to our updated site in the near future!

Happy Halloween🎃 We hope that you recieve all of the rocks that your heart desires tonight!😁

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