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From the album: Mark Bourrie trilobites
Ordovician (Kirkfieldian), Victoria County, Ontario, Canada-
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Ordovician (Kirkfieldian), Renfrew County, Ontario Canada-
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My eagle-eyed mother found this in Saskatchewan Canada over 40 years ago...No idea if it was a shell, plant or a cocoon...if something new or very ancient, but all searches thus far have not helped me identify it.
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Hello! New user here... My boyfriend and I have been doing some exploring around the badlands here in Alberta, and lately we've been mostly wandering around north of Tolman. We've found a few cool fossils, but we're both having a hard time putting all our research into practice. Trying to learn the different formations and identifying the coal seams, but not having much luck. I've read some of the documents that describe the scollard formation, but when I'm climbing the hills I honestly have no idea what I'm looking at. Is there anyone in Alberta that frequents these areas that can offer some insight or tips? If you're looking to pass on some knowledge, or even have us tag along on a hike or two, that would be amazing. The picture is some of my best surface finds so far.
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Rocks are handy for a campfire. A common use for stones in a campfire is to create a protective ring around the flame. This ring serves two purposes: Creates a barrier between the fire and the rest of the forest, keeping the rest of the woods safe. Creates a wind barrier that can help light the fire, especially in wet and windy conditions Whatever the reason, someone made a campfire at my fossil dig site, it's a small secluded beach along a river. A nice place to make a campfire. By the way, I noticed that a rock they used to make the protective ring around the flame, had very distinct and visible small white fossils on it. A small chuck of rock found in the ash contained even whiter fossils. I deduced that the bleaching of fossils is created by the heat of the fire. I started experimenting, I put a rock containing fossils in the oven and set the heat to maximum (don't laugh, this is a very serious experiment) after heating the fossil for a solid hour, nothing happened. For my second try, I used my barbecue (don't laugh), I think I can have a higher temperature with it, I cook the same fossil for an hour and I get the same result: nothing. I needed more heat, so for my third try I put the fossil not on the grill but directly on the burners, and hooray I got white crinoids and Sowerbyella that really stand out from the matrix. Does anyone know what is the chemical process that creates this amazing effect? I wonder if this is a good method to give a second life to dull, unappealing and scientifically unworthy fossils. The heating process helps to bring the fossils out of the matrix, making it visibly more interesting. What do you think? A dull and unattractive fossil I used for my test After high temperature heating
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From the album: Mark Bourrie trilobites
Isotelus ottawaensis, upper Ordovician (Cobourg Fm), Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada -
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Kawinia sp., Middle Ordovician, Montreal, Quebec, Canada-
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Caplyptaulax calicephalus, upper Ordovician, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-
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Errataencrinuroides sp, Ordovician (Kirkfieldian), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-
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Hibertia (Paraharpes) valcourenis, Middle Ordovician (Chazy), Montreal, Quebec, Canada-
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Isotelus gigas, upper Ordovician, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada-
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You'll probably see this as an optical illusion. 7" Isotelus iowensis ventral showing hypostome. Ordovician (Kirkfieldian), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-
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Ceraurus bispinosa, Ordovician (Blackriverian), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-
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Leviceraurus sp. Upper Ordovician, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada-
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Isotelus cf iowensis, Ordovician (Kirffieldian), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -
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Ceraurus webbi, Ordovician (Blackriverian), Hastings County, Ontario, Canada-
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Triarthrus rougensis, Ordovician (Utican), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-
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Ceraurus mantrenseris, Upper Ordovician, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-
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Bumastoides sp., Ordovician (Kirkfieldian), Victoria County, Ontario, Canada-
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Eobronteus lunatus, Upper Ordovician, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell County, Ontario, Canada-
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Gabriceraurus dentatus, Ordovician (Kirkfieldian), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -
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Errataencrinuroides sp, Ordovician (Kirkfieldian), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.-
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Ceraurus sp., Ordovician (Kirkfieldian), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-
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