jax Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 These are some of my favorite fossils in my collection. The smallest I found just a few days ago. The Largest is 13mm and the smallest is 3.8mm THis is the post of the rest of the stuff I found with the small one: Post EDIT: I just added the picture of my newest addition. Found the one it he matrix on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Awesome pearls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 wow i think i can find them in md, spotting them will be the problem!!!!! nice job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Nice pearls. If those were modern they would be worth a small fortune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkchaser Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Nice examples! How did you find those? I'd move right over them! Have there been any pearls that have come out of the Calvert? RAWR! I am zeee dead bobcat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I didn't know that is what they looked like here, so now know what to look for. Is there anyway you could take a pic of just one, and lighten the pic a bit? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Nice examples! How did you find those? I'd move right over them!Have there been any pearls that have come out of the Calvert? As most fossil hunting, its luck. You have to know where to look, but as for finding them thats luck. the largest one I found on accident. I bent down to pick up a tooth and looked between my legs and there it was. the others I just had to be close to the ground and know what to look for. As for the ciffs, I dont think so, but im not expert to that area. I know they are found in certain formations in texas and I have seen some pics of some on here from california, and recently saw some on the net from flordia. Roz, I will get a pic up in a min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Trinity River find? If not, E Mail me for location there. -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 i remember someone showing me one just after they found it at the cliffs, they could have mistaken a seed but thats what they told me, anyone know if its true or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I wonder what one would look like polished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierk Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I decided I'd add my fossil pearl as well. It was found near to where the specimens Jax has shown came from. THe only real difference is that mine is still in matrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Now that's one way to get a woman to collect with you! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkchaser Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I decided I'd add my fossil pearl as well. It was found near to where the specimens Jax has shown came from. THe only real difference is that mine is still in matrix. Beautiful! RAWR! I am zeee dead bobcat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 very nice, great shine!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I find the very idea of fossil pearls to be completely captivating. Here's a link to a little information about them: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/pearls/marine/fossil.html "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkchaser Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Thanks for the link. I'm surprised that fossilized pearls are not more common. Does anyone have full access to this article? http://www.jstor.org/pss/2419973 It's about a pearl found in the Choptank formation in MD. RAWR! I am zeee dead bobcat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 You would think it was easy to just go find more, But the formation I found these in is hard to come by. You have to get lucky when they are doing construction in that area. I know some locals that have looked for many years for one and never found one.The other one that was pictured by Bierk, thats the one that got me started. And Im pretty sure that where he found that is pretty close to where I found the most recent one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Here's a daydream for you; how 'bout an opalized fossil pearl? Probably not even chemically possible, but it makes a nice musing. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Here's a daydream for you; how 'bout an opalized fossil pearl?Probably not even chemically possible, but it makes a nice musing. That would be awesome! I would like to find anything opalized really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 opalized would be cool!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Do you guys watch the show "Cash and Treasure" on the travel channel?? They had a trip on there where they were finding opals. Pretty cool stuff. Someone had a huge piece of pet. wood that was opalized. Makes you just drool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Do you guys watch the show "Cash and Treasure" on the travel channel?? They had a trip on there where they were finding opals. Pretty cool stuff. Someone had a huge piece of pet. wood that was opalized. Makes you just drool. yea i have seen every episode, that was a good one, there only a few that have fossils in them but its still a great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 ...They had a trip on there where they were finding opals. Pretty cool stuff. Someone had a huge piece of pet. wood that was opalized. Makes you just drool. I really love the opalized clams from Lightning Ridge (New South Wales, Australia). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I am loving those fossil pearls on here, and I am gonna to find a couple. I have convinced myself. I love opals too! I think that Lightning Ridge is the only place that has black opals but I could be wrong.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synechodus Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 If you like opalized fossils you should check out the "Virgin Rainbow", an opalized belemnite from Down Under. "And the men who hold high places, Must be the ones to start To mould a new reality, Closer to the Heart" (Rush, "Closer to the Heart" from the album "A Farewell to Kings") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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