Nimravis Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 (edited) Today I stopped at the 2021 Chicagoland Gem and Mineral Show that is being held today and tomorrow at the Kane County Fairgrounds. This is the first show that I have been able to attend in about 18 months. The show was not as big as it normally is, but it was pretty close. At the beginning there were not a lot of attendees, but with in 1 hour, the place was packed. Here are a couple random pics of the show. The line to get in- The crowd- Some pics of the various fossils that were for sale. I did not take the amount of pictures that I normally would have because it is a lot of work to block out prices, as the admins request. I did buy 2 flats of fossils for $40 each, this first flat contained various items and I got it because I liked the first item pictured below. I will include the id that came with each piece. Cassie fimbriata Middle Eocene Roe Plains, Madura Western Australia Giant Tortoise Shell Geochelone sp. Withlacoochee Formation Florida Exogyra ponderosa Taylor Formation Cretaceous Ladonia, Texas Lyticoceras Lower Albian Lower Cretaceous Huanzala, Peru Leptosolen Cretaceous McNairy Co., Tennessee Conus spurus Pliocene Desoto, Florida Knightia Green River Formation Wyoming Unknown Gastropods Unknown Location Amethyst The next flat contained something that I really like fossil echinoids from Texas. This flat contained 232 pieces which came out to about 17 cents a piece. It looks like there are two different species, I have to figure out what they are. Any suggestions would be appreciated. If I am bored tomorrow, I might take a drive out to check it out again. Edited May 30, 2021 by Nimravis 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Looks like a nicely laid out "get broke quick" scheme. At least it would be for me. Nice haul though. 1 1 Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I adore that Leptosolen. Looks very busy, bit nice things to look at. Hope you get bored tomorrow. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Looks like you get a lot more variety of fossils than I have seen at Atlanta area shows. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 6 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: Looks like you get a lot more variety of fossils than I have seen at Atlanta area shows. Don Yes- there was Dino stuff and a lot of other fossils, plus tons of cool minerals, if you are into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 I wish I could find flats full of nice fossils like that, for an affordable price, at the shows around here. Any indication if those echinoids are from Florida, Texas or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Wrangellian said: I wish I could find flats full of nice fossils like that, for an affordable price, at the shows around here. Any indication if those echinoids are from Florida, Texas or what? They are all from Texas, I just need to find an id on them, it looks like there are only 2 different species represented. Btw, thanks for asking, I thought I put it in the description, but I did not, I just fixed that. Edited May 30, 2021 by Nimravis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 I also stopped by the show yesterday. Below are a few of the pictures I took. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Looks like a nice show with lots of variety to please every collector. Thanks guys for posting the photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Nice pictures! I must have just missed you as I got there around 11 and stayed most of the day. It was a good show and it was great to get out to some degree of normalcy... Cheers, Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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