Planko Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Have not clean this yet. Too excited. North Sulfur River. Actually is more orange when wet. It is 2.5" long and 2" tall. What is it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Looks like a gastropod coated with calcite, but it could also be an ammonite. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Maybe an Echinoderm? That’s just my first impression. Maybe some of our Texas members will pipe in with a more accurate ID. The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Looks like an ammonite...nice find. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 New pics.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Looks like a scaphite to me? RB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I would scrub that Trachyscaphites with a toothbrush ans leave as-is, if the matrix is hard. 4 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Nice Trachyscaphites! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rand95 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thanks everyone. I really appreciate all the help. It was exciting to find something new instead of the same stuff. Matrix is very hard. When wet it has a cool orange color. Would you recommend anything to use on it to bring that out? After scrubbing it of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Planko said: Thanks everyone. I really appreciate all the help. It was exciting to find something new instead of the same stuff. Matrix is very hard. When wet it has a cool orange color. Would you recommend anything to use on it to bring that out? After scrubbing it of course. I would leave it as is. Many efforts to enhance the looks of a specimen too frequently have the opposite effect. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 It's covered in crystals, probably calcite. I would leave it as is, except for not-too-vigorous scrubbing with a toothbrush to remove dirt. If you try to remove the layer of crystals you will end up with a dull internal cast. I think it looks better with the crystal surface. Don 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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