Complete the sentences with words that are punctuated and spelled correctly.
natasha was especially interested in however, jorge wanted to check out the huge collection of precious gems.
natasha gazed into a replica of a cooking fire and began to imagine a crying baby, the persistent click of stone on stone involved in making scraping tools, and the thunderous cry of a mastodon.

1. Natasha was especially interested in dinosaurs; however, Jorge wanted to check out the huge collection of precious gems.
You need to use a semicolon before however because you are connecting two independent clauses into one compound.
2. Natasha gazed into a replica of a cooking fire and began to imagine sounds: a crying baby, the persistent click of stone on stone involved in making scraping tools, and the thunderous cry of a mastodon.
You need to use a colon to indicate that a list will ensue.