Synopsis

“Magic in the Rocks” explores the geological formations that yield fossils—limestone, mudstone, sandstone, coal, and even amber—and takes us on a journey to discover them. We traverse from the Dorset coast to a quarry in Leicestershire, then venture across the globe to the Dominican Republic and Arizona, returning finally to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Along the way, we visit mines, petrified forests, ancient swamps, and laboratories where fossils are carefully freed from their rocky surroundings, ex