Ludwigia Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Yesterday I posted something here from my recent trip to the Callovian and now I've just finished prepping something else worth showing. It's a somewhat compressed Macrocephalites jacquoti ammonite with a diameter of 12cm. You may have noticed, particularly in the second photo, that there's a crack running through it. And this is what happens when you open it up. It had already broken into these two pieces as I was extracting it at the outcrop. Instead of glueing them back together as I usually do, however, I decided to leave it as is after I'd abraded the shell, since the view of the crystallized chambers is quite pretty. It makes a nice sort of "surprise egg", don't you think? 7 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Indeed I do. Turned out nice again. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 It is a nice "egg" indeed! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 That is very cool! It almost makes me want to take a hammer to some of my fossils. Almost... 1 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...
Ludwigia Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 55 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Indeed I do. Turned out nice again. 55 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: It is a nice "egg" indeed! Don 19 minutes ago, FossilNerd said: That is very cool! It almost makes me want to take a hammer to some of my fossils. Almost... I'm a happy guy I'm placing this one right next to the multiblock. This last trip certainly was worth it. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 14 hours ago, Ludwigia said: It makes a nice sort of "surprise egg", don't you think? More than that ... it is very instructive about the internal structure of the shell. Very nice, thanks for show it. Ricardo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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