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Day Two ; Locality One (or Six if you include Day One) Black Sahara, South of Erfoud 20th February 2019 Well this is where things really get interesting, so stick with this thread as there are dozens of photos of fossils coming up. Looks at the tags if you want clues. I was up bright and early and wandered out at about 7 am to watch the sun rise over the still mighty Erg Chebbi dunes. And as night's candles were burnt out and jocund day stood tiptoe over the misty duney tops, the chaps came to join me and managed lots of photos. Here's one, if you would like to see more, I'm busy posting a kazillion of 'em under the Nature Photography thread.
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A few old collection specimens of Devon coral that I've acquired over the years. In scarce supply now, the south Devonshire area around Torquay and Teignmouth was once (mainly 19th and early 20th c) the centre of an ornamental "marble" industry. Much of it went into high class interiors (floors, pillars etc.) but there was a large usage of small pieces for ornamental objects (desk furniture, trinket boxes) and also as inlay pieces for magnificent tables. Fossil specimens were also specifically sold as such. It's not a true marble but a range of well compressed, heated and mineralised limestones that has a range of colours and takes a fine polish. I haven't yet worked out detailed stratigraphy for any of these specimens but they're Middle and Upper Devonian. Apologies for the scratches on some of them - I haven't yet refinished them either. The brass scale is 1cm long. First, a couple of little tablets of Frechastraea sp. 2nd piece: And the only other rugose one so far, a Phillipsastraea sp. that has been fractured and subsequently stylolitised with pink/red veins - this is common in a lot of limestone from the area.
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This picture I took was in a Hotel in CO. It was actually used in the flooring in the Ladies Restroom ... You just never know where you will find such!! I loved it.
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Can anyone help me identify this fossil. It is in a piece of black marble quarried in southwest Vermont. The rock is 5" long, the fossil in it is 4.25" long, 1" wide at widest point.
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I found these fossils on the marble pylons at the railway station. Please, what are they? Thanks for answer.
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Me and a buddy were looking for some limestone caves that had a bunch of calcite... long story short we drove to this abandoned marble quarry it was massive and the quality of marble was magnificent... after a long day of hiking and climing around this snarge mountain for the 3rd day and still couldnt find said cave so we headed back to the car disappointed and defeated.. we walked past a bunch of broken boulders of marble and old workings of the quary... i was admiring the beauty of this marble when i saw what looked like a clay imprint of a plant in the side of the marble.. not knowing anything about fossils having never found one and being relativity new to rock hounding i wasnt sure what to think of it and as i walked around this good sized bolder on the other side was a black imprint like on the othere side then it hit me... no one did this this cant be a carving too remote and just in a pile of boulders.... so it had to be a fossil.. but how was it so perfect and when was the last time southern oregon had bamboo...... so we didnt know what we had (still dont ) but we knew we had to get it but it was too big for the two of us so we decided to crack it down the middle so we could save both faces and put it in the truck witch we did... Now i have no idea what it is if its real or what i should do with it.. i am most likely going to reach out to a local rock club or museum but thought i would do some research on my own (considering. I know nothing about fossils) first...so heres some pics please tell me anything you can... what you think? I dont see it being a fraud i found other inprints in that area but nothing like this...
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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Any ideas? Pueblo Colorado area.
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Hi everyone, Im from morocco and exactly the south of morocco,, for like 2 weeks ago me and my friend we were working in an very very old house in the desert near "Guelmim" city, we were trying to break down a wall inside the house in order to re arrange and renewing the house. Well during our work we did break down the wall but the found something was hidden inside the wall between the rocks ("the wall was made from rocks and other things that old people use to mix to build their houses". the thing we found was something covered with a piece of rag, we opened this thing and we found 7 balls protected with cotton, we believe those balls are meteorites ,,, we were searching for the name and the meaning of these mistry balls , what we found is very shocking .. i will upload the photo of what we found and some links to give you an idea about our search results. we tested the balls with a "Diamond tester" and BINGO!!! the test was positive , it contains Diamonds inside with a big amount .. The name of the balls was "LONSDALEITE" .. yes they say its a meteorite containing lonsdaleite ,, the diamond that is harder than the regular diamond that we know.. and this worth millions of dollars .. can you believe it!! .. i can't believe this ... mean while one of the balls we found is under testing with some scientists in the lab ,, till now they told us that 95% tests are positive and it could be true , a true lonsdaleite .. we're still waiting for the final results .. other people found the same balls with the very same characteristics in french .. here's the link : http://www.geoforum.fr/topic/35910-est-ce-un-diamant-lonsdaléite/ you will find some videos with diamond tester .. if you have any more informations about this to confirm what we found , tell us
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HI there, I recently found a Petoskey Stone among others on the same tiny (12 foot) beach in Mid/Upper Michigan, as I have for years in the same location. Only...this one's different. I can't seem to polish it down entirely by hand OR with a dremel. It has a lot of beveled structure still compared to others I've seen, and it just feels HARD. There also seem to be tiny crystal bits in some places. Can Pestoskey Stones (limestone as I understand it) harden into Travertine or Marble and retain their distinct pattern and shape?
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This fossil was given to me years ago. It's approx 11"X7"X2.5" any idea as to what type of fossil it is and ideas on approximate value?
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Hi, We have located this fossil in our home marble floor - the marble variety is Crema Marfil (origin Spain). Is this a Trilobite?
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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I know this is a fossil site but i was hoping someone here may have came across something like this before and may have some info to pass on. i found this near fenton, mi near a old tree while tilling. It was a little over 20 inches deep. it is almost perfectly round very very smooth and heavy and extremely hard. When hit by my tiller it got no damage only damaged my tiller. The tiller left metalic marks on the stone. i have since used my different things to try to scratch it with no luck. everything i use just just damaged. the item weighs around 41.7 grams
