These appear to be seashells, right?, just like what you would
find at the beach, any beach. Due to the color these probably would not
have come from the Gulf of Mexico but from an ocean somewhere else.
Simply put these are small scallops.
But the unique part of these shells is that they came out of the Rio Grande River in 2013.
The story: While RVing we stopped more than once at Las Cruces, New Mexico. We always enjoyed it there. We especially loved nearby Mesilla Valley where you not only find history and fabulous food, but also the world's best pistachio grower/distributor called Heart of the Desert. The pistachios you find in stores cannot hold a candle to Heart of the Desert. On one of our trips to Las Cruces we drove to a park that was along side the Rio Grande River. However, there was no river. It was completely dried up. We walked way out to the middle which should have been impossible. Perhaps the river water was being taken out upstream for irrigation purposes and then being put back in way south of where we were. Whatever the reason there simply was no Rio Grande River at that point. So while we are walking we found the above seashells. I don't think they are called river shells. They definitely appear to be seashells. What a treasure! What does that say to you? My inquisitive mind ran wild. We all know that the earth was once covered with oceans. Could these be remains from those oceans? What could possibly lie deep underneath the dried up river bed? These did not appear to be dropped there by someone playing a practical joke. There were too many of them. Obviously they were not sun bleached as those found on the beach some of the time. Would you care to guess where they came from? Whatever the reason this is just one of the many small wonders we found while traveling. I am so glad I found these again. They will be put in a place of safe keeping now.
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