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By Virginia Culver / The Bulletin
February 4, 2010
DENVER — Doug Nichols was a world-class rock collector, from the time he was a child until his death at 67. He was a palynologist, an expert in the study of fossilized pollen and spores.
Nichols died Jan. 21 following leg surgery.
Nichols collected rocks that were hundreds of thousands of years....
