Measuring the find

A small mixed rock formation found in the Chilcotin is a curiosity.

Staff Writer
Oct. 12, 2012 8:00 a.m.
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Chilcotin prospector John Bjornstrom found a unique sedimentary-conglomerate rock while prospecting west of Tatla Lake. The rock consists of larger rounded rocks, and impressions cemented into the finer sedimentary rock.

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