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Folks on mindat.com suggested asking this question here! This is less of a "what is this a fossil of" question and more of a "is this possible" question. I have a small chip of translucent chalcedony showing a mass of white inclusions, two of which look very much like a grass seed-head. The gist of the conversation so far has been 'is it possible for fossil material to be an inclusion within a silica mineral like agate or chalcedony?' As opposed to an agate-replacement or opal-replacement fossil like an agate limb cast, agatized wood or agatized/jasperized opaque mudstone with intact fos
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Opalized yabby button(crayfish gastrolith)? ..or something else?
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This came in a parcel of opal from Lightning Ridge. I have cut the bottom and a little of the side to be able to see inside better. The smaller opalized top portion is 8x10mm, the bottom opalized portion is 12x10mm. I have been told this may be a yabby button, however I’m not sure because all the photos I’ve seen of yabby buttons don’t look a whole lot like this. I appreciate any feedback, and feel free to ask any questions:) thanks! -
Hello everyone I have recently obtained an opal parcel of rough to cut into gems from the opal fields at lightning ridge Australia, however right before I was about to grind this one rough opal something stood out. I remembered walking in the natural history museum in Sidney Australia and noticed the opalized teeth of varies animals/dinos etc. This one was just like one I had seen many years ago. I cleaned it only; no polish just water and a soft paintbrush as not to alter it. From my research, I found a possible match a Hypsilophodon it lived in the area where lightning ridge opals are fo
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Hello. I have opalized wood for trading. Age - Paleogene. There are Teredo mollusc passages ranging in size from 6 to 10 mm, filled with cemented opal sand, less often with chalcedony. Insect coprolites are also found. There is a sample of a solid section with annual rings (ground, but not polished). If you are interested in such samples, please do not hesitate and contact us in a personal. Have a nice day.
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Trying to find out what this is. Found in the Northern Nevada desert. It looks like a round tree trunk 10 inches across. Half of the outer surface is somewhat smooth and the other half has a stepped pattern that reminds me of how some plants grow stems upwards. The pic that shows this section maybe upside down. The photographer and I aren't sure whats up or down. The texture is like glass, we think its opalized? Very sharp edges and smooth. It's brittle. The color is brown on outside with white calcium patches. Inner area is a solid carmel color with tint of green, there are no flashes of rain
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So i happen to come across this image, and it claims to be an opalised dinosaur jaw fragment from SA (South Australia) for me at least i do see some kind of fossil but its identification as carinal is dubious in my opion. What do yall think?
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Howdy folks, Last weekend I returned to a place in Texas that I have collected marine fossils at previously. The owners of this area have specifically asked that I not share any details on the location, but it’s a bit of an anomaly as it appears to have a number of fossil bearing matrix including sandstone, shale, limestone, and the thickest mud I’ve ever seen. It doesn’t match any of the USGS data either. I found a number of things there that I would like to preset, but the main one is this: The little plates that make up this stone form a spiral a
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Hello hello, recently i bought some opal, in amongst the small stones was this. I am wondering if this is a fragment of bone? Maybe a piece of jaw bone? Its from Coober Pedy, which i believe is cretaceous and marine
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None of these finds is new, but it is a good excuse to relive six amazing dinosaur finds: https://newatlas.com/science/incredible-dinosaur-fossils/
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Hello! If anyone could help me out with this it would be appreciated. This opal replacement fossil was mined in New South Wales, about 6 years ago. I found it in a parcel of Lightning Ridge rough and have been trying to identify it for a while now. The closest I have come to a positive match (Still not a match but it's close) is the Molar of a giant Marsupial from the order Diprotodontia. There is a wee problem with this, I've read Lightning Ridge Opal is supposed to be from the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods, a minimum of 66 million years old. The Diprotodontia existed throughout most
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Hi everyone, I have this opal bivalve for around a year now I think, but I didn't really bother to look for an ID before. But I recently ordered an opal belemnite so I am thinking on making some new ID cards and I would like to make one for this bivalve as well The bivalve was found in the Bulldog Formation,Coober Pedy, Australia (Early Cretaceous, 135 mya) I am not sure if the photo's are clear enough, but it is the typical bivalve you see often from Coober Pedy, just can't find anything on them. Thank you in advance!
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Building a Museum for Lightning Ridge's opalised dinosaurs
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Building a home for dinosaur fossils with extra opal bling at Lightning Ridge By Sally Bryant, Australian Broadcasting, https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-02-03/dinosaur-fosssils-with-opal-bling-at-lightning-ridge/6065346 A couple of papers are: Meakin, S., 2011. Geodiversity of the Lightning Ridge area and implications for geotourism. In Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Vol. 132, p. 71). https://www.academia.edu/24823750/Geodiversity_of_the_Lightning_Ridge_Area_and_Implications_for_Geotourism Watkins, J- 1 reply
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Hi I found this online and am wondering if its a tooth?, or just a piece of opal. Its 2mm, and is from Lightning Ridge Australia. Thanks!!
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Picked this beauty up at a local pawn shop over the weekend. I have no experience with opalized fossils, but it looks to be an opal ammonite to me?
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New possible acquisition but need more info. This was obtained in a trade and originally from Lightning Ridge Australia. It was claimed to be dinosaur vertebra but who knows? It is still unprepped and has matrix that needs to be removed which will further improve the look. Two piece, one is 1.5 inch and the second is 1 inch. There are sections where it looks like the fossil did not completely opalized. Any thoughts? @Troodon - help? Thank you all.
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I saw some beautiful opalised fossils in An Australian museum and I was just wondering if it is possible to acquire one (without huge funds) even if that is not possible it would be nice if anyone has them if they could show themthese at the ones I saw in the museum
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Chasing Opal and Fossils in the Australian Outback An ambitious collaboration between scientists and a local mining community seeks to preserve one-of-a-kind opalized fossils. BY Clare Watson, Undark https://undark.org/article/chasing-opal-fossils-australian-outback/ A recent paper is: Bell, P.R., Fanti, F., Hart, L.J., Milan, L.A., Craven, S.J., Brougham, T. and Smith, E., 2019. Revised geology, age, and vertebrate diversity of the dinosaur-bearing Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia.
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Hi Everybody, I am trying to ID some fossils for my friends from the Royal Peacock Opal MIne. They have these fossils for display only at their gift shop but they are not really sure what they are. These are all miocene age fossils, Humboldt County, Nevada. I think the foot and the teeth are from some kind of small horse. I have no idea about the jaw with the teeth. Picture 1: Articulated foot bones from a horse? Picture 2-4: Jaw section from unknown mammal Picture 5-6: Bovine tooth, horse? Bison? camel? Picture 7: Bovine tooth, horse? hors
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I've seen a lot of opalized fossils but none exactly like this so I was wondering if anybody could help me pinpoint exactly what it is and if it holds any value? The specimen is roughly 25 mm, semi translucent and has a fair amount of color.
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Thought I would share this new piece we just got. Belemnite is fossilised squid over 100 million years from Coober Pedy, South Australia. Photos:
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Can someone please tell me, is opalized/petrified wood actually fully replaced by opal?
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Is this opalized wood or possibly bone? Anyone seen this before?
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Well hello everyone it’s been a while for me as it’s been a rough couple of months Traveling to be with my late Sister who battled to the end with Pancreatic Cancer. So I crossed off three of her bucket list adventures she wanted to do in our return trip to Texas. She wanted to find a Sharks Tooth, a snail ( Gastropoda) and dig for Crystals. Well as as I said we just got back from a two week stay on the west coast and the weather was not very good to us. But our first stop we had arranged to dig for Petrified Wood on the Dobell Ranch. Well when we got their to our surprise nobody
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Opal-Filled Fossils Reveal Timid, Dog-Size Dinosaur That Lived Down Under By Laura Geggel, January 17, 2019 https://www.livescience.com/64522-opal-dinosaur-fossils-in-australia.html https://www.sciencealert.com/a-gorgeous-opalised-fossil-turned-out-to-be-an-unknown-species-of-dinosaur Bell, P.R., Herne, M.C., Brougham, T. and Smith, E.T., 2018. Ornithopod diversity in the Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), New South Wales, Australia. PeerJ, 6, p.e6008. https://peerj.com/articles/6008/ Yours, Paul H.
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Hello All, I was hoping that someone could help me identify this bone? its from the mid-Cretaceous Griman Creek Formation of Lightning Ridge Australia I don't think its a yabby button or turtle shell, as the piece is not rounded like a yabby button and there is bone texture. the piece is bilaterally symmetrical and there appear to have joins or groves where the bone meets. The underside is not flat like I would expect for turtle shell... Looking forward to your replies Rod
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