Lin Ottinger's Moab Rock Shop
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brwhiz
N 38° 34.943 W 109° 33.145
12S E 626085 N 4271428
The Rock Shop is located at 600 N Main Street in Moab, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMH2W0
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2013
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From an article by Ed Vincent in the Oak Park Journal:
Lin Ottinger's store is a monument to hard work and the love of
rocks, minerals, and fossils. Lin Ottinger has been here at this
location for over 50 years now and has the best selection of items
this side of Peking. He has been featured in numerous magazines
spanning the ages, from Ford Times to National Geographic.
Lin Ottinger even has the Iguanadon ottingeri, named after his
find. He has been a field guide for professors looking for
dinosaurs, a tour guide to much of dinosaur loaded areas of
note. Lin has seen it all and probably been to most places
twice. He has been snubbed by some University professors
and even had credit for finds taken from by unscrupulous
scientists. He reminds me of an elder Indiana Jones mixed
with a little car salesman, and that's a good fun mix. He
enjoys science but he also likes to sell. I was in there for
over two hours, talking and looking at his incredible selection
of items from all over the world. He has specimens from
local work all the way to Morocco and beyond.