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exboyfil

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1. Technically they are minerals

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2020, 09:39 AM

May 2020

Just capturing the skeletal structure of the critters who died. The bones were a mold.

Interesting case. I can't believe they didn't reach the reserve price for the dueling dinosaurs. In a post-coronavirus world, they may have wanted to have taken the $5.5M. It will be a long time before museums drop big bucks on exhibits again.

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Court says dinosaur fossils worth millions aren't minerals [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 OP

Technically they are minerals exboyfil May 2020 #1

Surface rights vs mineral rights mn9driver May 2020 #2