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Hi all. Both ammonites found in Bristol, UK, BS31, as we're the shells and coral. Not much else to say but would be nice to get a bit more info from the pros?
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This partial ammonite whorl was a surface find from my April 8th trip to Cleveland, Utah. In particular, it was the one I found under the foot of the guy I was helping to lift his large Ammonite embedded in a heavy concretion to carry it to his van. I could discern that it was chocolate brown underneath the calcite coating. I stuck some thick felt furniture leg pads on the back of it to keep from scratching my office desktop. Well a week later I decided to remove the coating. Here's the "as found" pic. And with safety equipment including a gas filter mask, gloves, glasses, big bowl of water, a fan and open garage door, I was ready to go at it. The chemical is muriatic acid for cleaning brickwork and swimming pool masonry. I used a toothbrush to dip into a small cup of acid next to the bowl of water. Dip, scrub, rinse repeat until I liked the results. First round on this section. Looks good. Second round. Keep going! I'm liking it so far. Round three finishes that step. Then I soaked it in a bowl of water and baking soda. Several rinse cycles, a good dry time and a coat of Paraloid after that. Then the felt pads were reattached. And I like it a lot more than before. It may only be a partial whorl of an ammonite but to me it's a lot more than that. Kinda like finding a toe claw of a raptor or a big carnivore tooth. It may not be the whole enchilada...but it's enough to think about the potential of what it was complete or once was alive.
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Ammonites and Nautiloids
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Ammonite Bevahites bevahensis Austin Chalk Formation
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Ammonites and Nautiloids
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Ammonites and Nautiloids
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Ammonites and Nautiloids
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Ammonite Mariella worthensis Del Rio Formation
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Ammonites and Nautiloids
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Ammonite Mortoniceras equidistans Georgetown Formation
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Ammonites and Nautiloids
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The annual Paris, Ontario event has come yet again, and this time I left with some nice pieces for the collection. 1. A new Knightia from the Green River formation. (~16cm long) 2. A section of Orthoceras (which is not the highest quality, but was a good deal) (~12cm long) (450mya) 3. Copal amber, with some (very small) flies from Madagascar (~6cm long)(10,000yrs) 4. The brittle star Geocoma libanotica from Libya (~4.5cm)(95mya) 5. Mortoniceras sp. ammonite from Texas (~6cm)(Cretaceous, Albian stage) 6. My favourite, the skull of the sea turtle Lytoloma elegans from Morocco (14.5cm long) (~66mya)
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Continuing with the teaser title... What does it mean when you find a partial ammonite outer whorl of these dimensions? 10 cm X 15 cm. 1 - I'm gonna need a bigger vehicle 2 - Just a lucky fluke 3 - Get back out there and find its siblings 4 - It's a fake plaster cast with which someone spiked the site 5 - These aren't the Ammonites you're looking for, move along 6 - Pay no attention to the peanut butter M&,M's nor the Reese's cups, I'm still celebrating!!! So I'm 3 fossil hunting trips behind and I had a 48 hour binge including two of said trips and one Astrophotography session with Orion Pleiades and Jupiter from 9 pm to 12 am; interject a 2 hour nap, then a 3 hr session with the Milky Way from 230 am to 5 am when the crescent moon rose and ended the session. Then another 2 hr nap when my wife texted me awake from home while I was snoozing comfortably in the back of my Honda Element in The Last Chance Desert. Then jump back into the fossil hunting saddle, a museum visit, plus Jurassic National Monument and more. Oh and not to forget that famous Clawson, UT UFO Landing Site. I gotta lotta catching up to do. This partial is an adult Prionocyclus macombi sp., the gracile form . I will attempt to estimate the possible diameter ASAP. Steve
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Hi all, I'm a total newby but have always been fascinated by fossils, geodes (especially Brazil/Uruguay amethyst) and Roman / Greek / Byzantine coins. I have a nice collection, and have recently purchased some Whitby, Yorkshire ammonite nodules. I'm using the freeze thaw method to open them, as I tried cracking two and both are damaged. However, one nodule is brown, not the black shale as the others, and really soft - I can remove the concrete with my fingernails. My question is how a 180 million year old fossil can be so well preserved in soft mudstone, and is this something others have seen? Was it free of concretion and then collected a new one? It's in very good, nearly complete condition. I'll send a pic shortly.
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Found in blue River in Kansas city.
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Found in blue River in Kansas city.
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Ammonite - real or fake?
CuentoDeHadas posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello again helpful people! I am back requesting any information people can tell me about this ammonite I bought? I didn't previously have any suspicions about it being fake (and don't really understand how the pattern in the stone would be faked). However, I have since bought a trilobite from the same source (that you may have seen in my previous post) that did turn out to be fake and that I will be returning. I still have the option to return this one as well if it is fake so appreciate any feedback!
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The Ammonites of Madagascar are globally renowned, with numerous well-preserved genera and species. However, I've never seen one of these specimens in an unpolished state, as most are heavily polished. Does anyone have a photo of these fossils in a more "natural" condition?
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I found my 2nd ever ammonite in what I’m calling the Grayson formation, based on Mancos app showing solid Grayson, though it’s fairly close to the paw paw. Tarrant County, TX. I’m not well educated on Main Street though, so maybe that fits in here somewhere? Either way, I’ve been to this spot numerous times, lots of cymatoceras nautiloids and I got my biggest turrilites from this spot too. I was thrilled to find a 2 pound, 5.5 inch ammonite. I am GUESSING it might be mortoniceras parinflatum? If anyone can confirm or correct, much appreciated! I used the Kennedy paper on Grayson/Mainstreet cephalopods. I can’t wait to clean it up with air abrasive/air scribe to see what the center looks like.
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Hello! I won an auction online to buy this ammonite someone found in a storage unit, they thought it was a snail! Any ideas on identification? The storage unit is in the USA but that doesn’t help with where it came from..I’m sorry but hopefully you understand the lack of information available given the background of how I acquired it. Madagascar is my first guess but I am ignorant on this topic and only know what I know! I don’t have it in my possession just yet.
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Legal places to find Trilobites or Ammonites in California?
kwic13 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hello! My first post here. I was just wondering if anyone knew of specific locals in order to find ammonites or trilobites in California? I found the website below somewhat useful, and have googled some of the locals on this area that have slightly pinpointed more specific areas, but I do know that sometimes fossils are only present on one part of one exposed cliff, and whatnot, and if I am going to go through the middle of nowhere, I don't want to not see fossils. http://www.fossilspot.com/STATES/CA.HTM Anyways, I haven't quite chosen my road trip route yet, but I will start in Calexico, CA and end in San Francisco, CA. I will likely go to the Chocolate Mountains, up to Blythe, CA, then across the Mojave to Bakersfield, CA (passing by the Trilobite Wilderness), then through the Carrizo Plains, and then up to Pinnacles NP, and then hopefully end up in San Francisco. If anyone knows a spot that isn't too inaccessible (I will have a 4WD), please let me know! Thank you. -
take a look at this ammonite I got from the hamburg fossil and gem show in has
matthew textor posted a topic in Member Collections
Hi everyone this is matt again take a look at this very nice ammonite I bought at the hamburg fossil and gem show in hamburg N.Y. here is a photo
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Pretty much the title- i have an ammonite i split recently. I started prep outside using safety a dremel 290 and wearing goggles and a paint respirator, worked for maybe an hour in total- but then i read about safety on zoicpaleotech and got terrified of getting/having given myself silicosis. Now i’m struggling to find the proper type of protection to continue- i cant find the one mask they suggested on the website, and i dont know how to pick a good one that will protect me against silica and other stuff. Any good suggestions?
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I found this while fossil hunting for the first time. I’m curious if anyone can identify it. I found it on the side of a road in Lee Summit Missouri, Pennsylvania aged rock I believe.
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It was difficult to get a good photo. I brushed this untill I could see more. Found by blue river Kansas city. Is it an AMMONITE? It's sort of shaped like one very worn one. Not sure any help would be appreciated. Thx
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I found this interesting mort last September, I’ve dubbed him Spikey. This came from my previously untapped Fort Worth formation spot that had ammonites laying around, just waiting for me to clean the spot out (until more erosion occurs). First pics are before preparation, last few are after. Mercer Brugler prepared these for me.
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After posting my trip report last week, these two partial ammonites pictured are without identification yet. Can anyone give me a suggestion as to their identity? They were beach finds on the Oklahoma side of the lake.
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