Northern Sharks Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Yesterday I was at the second show of the year here in Ontario. I was held at the Paris Fairgrounds about 1/2 way between Toronto and London. Up here, there are much more mineral collectors than fossil collectors (I'm about 2 hours away from the mineral capital of Canada- Bancroft ON) but there was a nice mix of both at the show.Here are some pics: 1- Large Crinoid plate 2- Large Calcite specimen 3- Mammoth- upper jaw with teeth 4- Harpoceras ammonite from Germany (10-12" diameter) 5- a nice selection of fossil fish More photos in the next post There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Here's the rest: 6- Another large Crinoid plate and some ammolite in front of it 7- A large specimen of Selenite crystals 8- Lotsa quartz 9- Assorted bones 10- A few skulls 11- Huge amethyst "cathedral" -this was probably 2 1/2 feet tall (and $3000) Enjoy There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Finally: the few pieces that came home with me 1- Ampyxina bellatula trilobite with several pyrite cubes 2- small slab with a Cladodus and a Deltodus shark tooth side by side 3- larger slab covered in trilobite pygidiums from Craigleith ON (likely Pseudogygites) The photo didn't come out all that great but there are probably 20 tails on it along with several shells There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Cool stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Wow, always great stuff at fossil shows! Glad you posted pics.. Those teeth from Illinois were a real surprise. I will have to check Henderson County. I am from IL, and could hunt that area when I visit if it is not too far.. One question if you know. Two of those skulls have no matrix. I assume that someone cleaned out all the hard material from inside the skull. Not used to seeing cleaned out skulls. Just curious... Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Great photos, I wish I could have gone. Maybe another year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scmense Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Thanks for posting Northern Sharks. That looks like it would be a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Hey NorthernSharks,, All gem and mineral shows have more crystals and minerals than fossils, but its still super cool to go and see the shows. I, to my dying days will never understand the interest in crystals and minerals, but am super happy that it is that way. If everyone wanted fossils, then there would much more pressure on hunting and finding them, and all that would do is put more rules and regulations on them, not counting the so called politicians that would want to pass more laws trying to "save and preserve them"!!! Lets count our blessings! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Wow, always great stuff at fossil shows! Glad you posted pics..Those teeth from Illinois were a real surprise. I will have to check Henderson County. I am from IL, and could hunt that area when I visit if it is not too far.. One question if you know. Two of those skulls have no matrix. I assume that someone cleaned out all the hard material from inside the skull. Not used to seeing cleaned out skulls. Just curious... Roz: My Edestus tooth is also from Illinois (Sparta) As for the skulls, I had my 6 year old daughter pulling on my arm at the show so I couldn't spend as much time reading labels as I would have liked. A thought did occur to me though. If a skull were found in a river, it wouldn't be full of solid hard matrix would it? Another possibility is that those skulls weren't all that old, as I said, no time to read the labels. Whatever the case, they were still pretty cool to see There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Looked like a cool show !! It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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