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A little Hildoceras I picked up recently from Saltwick Bay in Whitby. Unfortunately I didn’t take any before pictures to show. All that was showing was the top of the keel and a small portion of the outer whorl. It’s be no means finished yet, but thought people might enjoy the process so far. Iv prepped out some of the matrix underneath to give the ammonite a floating effect.
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I recently bought this ammonite online from china at the bargain price of £9 free p+p but I have no idea what species it is or even where it was originally found.
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Trilobite, Ammonite and Amber
Vallads posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi, This is my first topic so, if i broke some forum rule or doing something wrong, please tell me, sorry. Also, english is not my native language, im trying to write correctly. Ok, im very very newbie in fossil subject but love science and decided to start my own collection. Well, i found this (pictures bellow). The owner received as a gift and has no extra information, just they came from a north america store's. Well, my main question is: this trilobite is real? What is that in her "head" (cephalon, right?) ? I mean, i know some cracks in fossils are signs of autenthicity but something like that? Maybe the original fossil is missing this part and the preparer tried to fix? Or it's normal? And.. its a phacops? (i know the picture is bad, not focused) How about this ammonite and amber? Are they real ? Thank you very much for any information !
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Finally got a few hours to hunt around my local creek, I had found one mosasaur vert once before there so I decided to dig farther into the wall to see if there was more, to my surprise there was, the first one came out okay but the second one was really really crumbly. First one first
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Hello there, i usually dont buy fossils. What interested me is what i find basically. Nevertheless i acquired a batch of fossils during autumn, mostly tertiary shells ( i knew the seller and was ##### to see it leave a good home. There were also a few ammonites. Amongst those, there was this one labelled as "dactiloceras, england, jurassic" I assume that this is Dactyloceras from Whitby. Could someone confirm that ? Could it be possible to narrow it to specie? D commune ? And last what is the precise era ? Toarcian? Regards
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Last year, for my very first holiday time at work, I received a bottle of wine and an ammonite from Madagascar necklace from my secret Santa. The necklace was one of the best gifts I have ever received, hands down! I have worn it almost everyday for a year and today, sadly, I discovered that the ammonite is broken. It is still held together by the metal (outline?), but it is loose. I want to save this, as it has a lot of sentimental value to me. I have some Paraloid B72 that is 5% paraloid/95% acetone. Would this be useful if I was able to seal the outside of it? Please tell me I can save it so I can continue to wear it. I feel lost, especially at work, when I’m not wearing it. I’ve uploaded pictures of the breaks, but if there is any confusion please let me know and I can clarify. Thank you so much!
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I bought this ammonite at a gem show the other day. It is about 2.5" across. I know it is real, but am curious about how "natural" it is- has it been excessively polished, cut, or otherwise altered? I know most Madagascar ammonites are altered in some way.
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Another Morrocan Ammonite?
elsmotro posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello people. This is my first time here. I have been collecting fossils for a while now, since I usually hunt them myself, I had never had any problem. Last weekend I bought this fossil in an exposition, I paid 10,00 euros. It doesn't look carved or too clean, but since I read that "The authentic ones have long been cleaned out", I got suspicious. What do u guys think? Is it real? (I also got a trilobite, I'm going to post it here later.) thank you in advance
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I collected this ammonite from Browns Hill quarry in Holwell UK. It’s from the Whitby mudstone formation from a mudstone grey finely laminated and fissile (paper shales). I’ve coated the ammonite with a very fine paraloid solution just to stabilize it. Has anyone else collected ammonites such as these as I can’t find any references to them. Reverse side
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A friend of mine gave this to me along with some other random geological specimens. It was from a collection he inherited, and he doesn't know where it came from. Just trying to get an idea of what this ammonite is called and and maybe what period it's from.
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Hello! I am a new mineral enthusiast. I recently purchased an Ammonite. It appears to have water in it. I was wondering if this is a normal occurrence and how old the water might be? Looking forward to hearing everyone’s opinion! Thank you for your time FC408BAE-F931-4BC0-B055-95F91A8E389F.MOV
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While fossil hunting in the UK I came across this ammonite, taken from the Waterloo mudstone formation in Northern Ireland, which is Early Jurassic in age. It was cracked and covered in matrix apologies for the shoddy job of glueing it back together.. Was wondering if it could be a Caloceras? Any suggestions welcome, many thanks!
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Ive been hunting the Sulfur River for 10 years and here is a small handful of the Sulfur River finds of mine including the partial Toxochelid I found sticking out of the shale and the 35 pieces of shell and a couple pieces of bone I recovered.
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Cephalopods, trilobite, other invertebrates, Permian reef slope (Guadalupe Mountains National Park)
verydeadthings posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi guys! This is a continuation of a previous post focusing just on the sponges. These fossils are from the Capitan Formation, which is Permian Period, Guadalupian Epoch, Capitanian Stage. Because these fossils are in the park, no collecting was allowed, and I can't provide additional images. Any confirmations about the identification or suggestions about a more specific identification are welcome. This trilobite is the only fossil out of these images that was actually found in Carlsbad Caverns, right behind the elevator. Can I get more specific on an ID? Cross section of rugose coral? Sponge? Bryozoan. Acanthocladia? Bryozoan? Crinoid.
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Too many. Too big. Too far. The Curse of Mortoniceras at Amnesia Creek
Uncle Siphuncle posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
One buddy was working. One buddy was building fence. One buddy opted for a different creek. Wife deployed. Son with his mom. All that said, I was left to my lonesome to see what the Lower Cretaceous of North Texas might yield on a chilly morning. Like most of Texas, this ditch had been scoured by steady bands of rain for 2-3 months, so I figured a little paddling and perambulating might pan out. In short, I grabbed enough loose ammos to scratch the itch, and left the bigguns and those requiring light digging for another day, most likely with my wife or a buddy who hasn’t quite limited out yet. These things always seem to find purpose, even in quantity. I’ve hand delivered some to buddies in Europe, used some in home construction projects, handed some off to friends, kids and schools, sold a few, and given some to landowners when I collect or hunt big game on their land. These things must be pretty slippery as they tend to pass through my hands with regularity. That’s alright by me, as a dwindling supply and a little rain sets us up for the thrill of discovery once again. I took a handful of Macrasters to garnish the suite of ammonites. Then I had 3 hours of daylight left at day’s end, so off I went to another creek in another formation with another fauna of ammonites and echinoids...but that’s another story.
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I've been looking for an ID for this big boy. So far I've found this site (http://www.ammonoid.com/Prionocyclus.htm) but I'm not sure what I'm looking for to differentiate between them. Could anybody more knowledgeable help me out?
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I got this at an estate sale years ago and was wondering if it is real or fake? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Donations and Prep work for the Mississippi Museum of Natural History
Texas Fossil Hound posted a topic in Partners in Paleontology - Member Contributions to Science
I have had the pleasure over the last few years to get to know George Phillips , Paleontologist for the Mississippi Museum of Natural History. He is a long-term friend to the amateur community and a heck of an outstanding fossil expert. I enjoyed prepping various fossils for George and the museum of the last few years. Here are a couple pics.
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A few years ago I was prospecting the lands to the south of the Blood Indian Creek Reservoir (not a reservation) and found this weathered piece of ammonite. My jeweller friend said it was a buffalo stone and I thought little of it until I started to clean it up a bit today. I checked the legend of the Buffalo Calling Stone and found it to be an interesting topic and thought I'd share it here with a photo of the piece. The shell (ammolite) remaining will be quite nice once finished. You can clearly see the buffalo shape and the broken outline along the back of the large sutures as well as the smaller connecting suture lines on the side. Here's the story... Iniskim (Buffalo Calling Stones) – Pieces of the Bearpaw Ammonite Although our people began to live as makoyi (wolves) had shown them, life was still very hard and the people were often hungry. One day iinii (buffalo) took pity on our people. A lady named Weasel Woman was collecting water from a river near her camp when she heard something calling to her from the bushes. When she looked closer, she found a stone that spoke to her. The stone explained how it could be used in a ceremony that would call the buffalo towards a pisskan (buffalo jump). Weasel Woman took the iniskim, the buffalo calling stone, back to camp. She told the spiritual leaders about the ceremony to call the buffalo. The people followed her instructions and soon they had plenty of meat and many hides for new lodge covers. There are numerous iniskim on the prairies. Many people still keep them as sacred bundles. We call on iniskim to help us have successful lives.
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I know I sound like a fossil rookie, which I am, but is this ammonite fossil real. I know it is polished, but the colors seem fake. Thanks to anyone who has been replying to my posts, I know some of the answers are obvious but I just want to make sure.
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Im looking big ammonite more than 30cm, 40cm. ( 15inc and more) It does not need very high quality. One side may be poorly preserved.
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From the album: Jurassic stuff uk
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From the album: Jurassic stuff uk
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Originally the specimen was collected as a concretion from upper Pierre Shale Formation near the lowest level of the Fox Hills Formation. The collection location is Cedar Creek about seven miles south of Glendive, Montana. The Date collected was Oct. 12, 2018. Later, I removed most of the concretion/matrix with diamond blade and bits. Two of the hoploscaphites spedeni were badly crushed and fractured during fossilization and are missing half of shells. During prep, I miscalculated the depth of cutting blade, slightly damaging the middle scaphites.
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