<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/25/2005 19:29:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, email.sheri@verizon.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>This just came across my ebay searching...</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>can they be sure?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>is it possible??</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>No problem. To be sure, one really ought to do a trace element analysis ort some such, as every volcanic eruption is a bit different from every other. Beyond that, Yellowstone ash was deposited in quantity over a huge area. I know of three places where it lies in beds several inches thick here in California.  One is about 8 miles from home. (It looks like pale dirt!)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></BODY></HTML>