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At first I found this one near Moni formation: And then an almost identical, which had its bottom part there too. 80km to the west, near Akrotiri. What do you think?
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Area found, Ay Athanasios, Sfalagiotissa Area, 10km north from Limassol shore its 5cm diameter shell-shape 2cm thick. on top there is a dent, when wet a red shell-like shape appears. in photo 1 it is slightly visible on the left. bottom i can see at least 2 shell casts, which means there were shells under and there are shells on top. Anyone thinks I should try and extract that red one from the top? And if yes, any recommendation apart from scratching my way around hoping for the best? All over that area, I found many sponges, shells and other reef fossils, that I will post here at some point.
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hello, location: Moni formation size: 6cmx3cmx3cm There is a hole in the middle
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plz go on and do tell x Area: moni some more photos as eell as similar pieces to follow in a minute
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Ok I have discovered an area of a square mile, is literally full with fossils. Any local paleontologists or researchers should contact me. Just today o gathered 5-6 pieces in just 20 minutes. The following is brown/orangish body with elevated dark green/grayish areas at some place as veins originating from what appears to be a fraction of some previous enclosing or shell if u ike, only i think it is more than a shell. photos probably wont hava u sure, and i dont know when i can create better ones but if u read the following you can form an opinion, because it looks like it is very promising. The object is 15cmx10cm x 5cm height. Surface is rough, porous and it appears to be merged or even made of:.. thousands of little fossils of amazing shapes and coloues. There are also many fossils made of metal like silver and gold colored ones. they are very nice to look at. ! At a point on the "encasing" part (photo 2) there are some yellow formations they look like tiny crystal corals and sponges in their material and like big corals, sea horses or something in ther overtal appearance.. The encasing side, (it has 6 sides overall) was in the earth and the whole thing seemed to be a red ammonite popping out of the earth. I mean all those fossils there, and ok there are the dominant material in most things there so other than they are made out of some sort of puyrite or gold or crystal or silver, their varuety CAN be found all over the place. Is is possible there is something more inside? Should I crack open? Is there anything inside like an ammonite or a huge urchin, or a plant some weird kind of life ?
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limassol governors beach limestone quarries, 10cm width sort of worm/s?
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Ok This wall had me looking at it for some time, do you see anything fossil related? location 2km north of amathus ancient city, limassol, island of cyprus and on the opposite hill :
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Found near limestone quarry St. George - Governor's beach area. Not the only one of this type. The inside is 6cm diameter, the specimen is 1cm thick. photo 3 is the back side. The backside appears to be a small circle then 2 stripes around it.
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Cyprus, some 10 km north of Amathus ancient city I am really not equipped yet with knowledge, therefore I will not be posting many photos of each thing, unless one expert finds it promising. This one is 3 keyboard buttons long. on the other side which is somewhat similar theres a thin layer of an orange/red mineral, probably calcite, if that means anything.
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Ok, as promised I will be posting some of my finds in Cyprus island, for ID, discussion etc but while in my "chamber of the million unidentified things" trying to get some decent photos and find similar online, I decided to take a small trip yesterday April 1st and BOOM I see this. (photos) is that a whole fish preserved like inside out and all? Or has mother nature pulled an April fool's day joke on me?? I wonder if I can see inside using x-ray.. I really want to find a doctor and try do that. Let hear it from the experts here 1st tho. I have cleaned the specimen and carefully removed what was surely aged dirt etc. I'm trying to get some more photos online, as I see here I am having a size limit issue. I case in the photos is not clear, at the "tail" part you can notice that inside there is this dark crystal like material, the one our ancestors used to start a fire and used it to make tools and weapons with. the two round "eyes" appear to have that material inside too.. which is confusing, coz tail and eyeballs are not exactly same material, then again maybe those are not eyeballs and it is upside down (because when u flip it, it resembles one sort of fish look, and when again, another one. a "fish palindrome" lol) or there is various stuff and materials inside, because outside you can see indication of dark almost black contents, and mostly those parts are mat and not glossy. Also in some places mainly on one side. u can see many brownish dots like freckles is it called?
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Hello, my name is Pambos, I come from Limassol Cyprus, Over the last years i have gathered many specimens, let's hope I can get some replies here, once i start posting my photos. I will be very happy to meet more people from my location that have the same interest. Would love to discover some new species. Especially more data on mammals and land reptiles that lived here, when the island was very young. I have little knowledge of paleontology, but I have a passion for it and a lot of free time. Since my house is literally packed with stones, I thought I should start deciding what to keep.. Well this forum is very nice, I already identified a few things while looking at your galleries. Thanks for taking the time! I wish you all a great time!
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The fossils (if that's what they are) shown in the attached photos were found on the outskirts of Nicosia, Cyprus. I found the shell on the surface of a footpath and on puling it out of the ground found the two mystery items embedded underneath. I know next to nothing about fossils, geology or similar topics, so my total amateur guess is that they are teeth or maybe hand or toe bones from some creature, but I open it to you to help identify them. They are identical in form, the smaller one 28mm long, the other 45mm. They are as hard as stone, but not stone as far as know. Where they were both embedded left quite distinctive markings, like layers or the surface of a shell (see photo.) If you have any thoughts on what they are and can satisfy my curiosity - thanks!
