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I spy a moth, a butterfly's wing, a touch of gold and a few specs of pyrite. I do have terrible eyesight though.. Southern Indiana. Lake bed hosting Stigmaria, concretions, banded iron formations, black and gray shales, glacial tills, arsenic, pyrite, copper, concentrated electrum clays
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Spring has given way to summer, but don't expect the rising thermometer to deter this month's nominee. Since joining the Forum a mere year and a half ago he has transitioned rapidly from a novice, amazed and enchanted by his first finds, to a seasoned collector and prolific contributor to our community. Every time he starts a thread we can be sure we will be taken along on some exploration of central Texas creeks and treated to fantastic discoveries of Cretaceous (and more recently Eocene) sharks, fish, and reptiles including a mosasaur skeleton. As his experience has grown, he has come to contribute regularly and authoritatively to geological discussions and fossil identification. More recently he has (somewhat) crossed over to the "dark side", with amazing finds of invertebrates and especially echinoids. From time to time we are also treated to his passion for herpetology and even rock climbing! As everyone has probably figured out by now, by unanimous staff agreement the Member of the Month for July is: Jared C Congratulations, Jared. Thanks for all you bring to us here at the Forum. Would you care to share your journey to fossils and the Forum with us?
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My dear friends, I'd like to show up a little. As everyone know i am baltic amber inclusions maniac, lover and re-searcher. At my begining i had dream about fining a holotype or seomething extremely rare. With time and determination, we all can do big things, even if its very hard and even we are exhausted. As in every market, here in Poland is very hard to find honest sellers of raw ambers who did not check material for inclusions. To be honest - i must keep fingers crossed if they miss something and i will find it. All the best things are gone at start ( amber fishers and diggers ). But to the point - sometimes i am lucky and i;d like to show link to article about moths that i found in copulating / mating position. Its is extremely rare becouse never in Baltic amber examinations history we didn't notice scene like that. This is funny story. I know PD doctor Thilo Fisher from Germany and several times i was send moths to him. In one of our friendly conversation he said something like this in joke: if you ar so good - find me copulating moths becouse it is impossible. Now i know that everything is possible if determination is huge, passion is huge and if you never give up. Here is the article - https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2019/2421-mating-moths I attached also picture but is not good - old equipment. Enjoy, Artur PS - to every young collectors - never give up, dreams can come true.
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Could this be a fossilized/petrified moth? I found it while beachcombing on The Bolivar Peninsula in Texas just the other day. Thanks in advance.
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