squalicorax Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Some more Trilobites Calymene Brachiopod Eospirifer Needs some more work. 1 My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Crinoids Eucalyptocrinites crassus Eucalyptocrinites elrodi 1 My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Also picked up this crystal at the quarry My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Very nice finds! I don't live too far from St. Paul. I'll have to find a way to get in on one of those trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Nice job cleaning those fossils up, I'm very envious. The Calcite crystal and a beauty too, slight etching near the terminal tip is a nice touch. Is it completely opaque or just on the surface? -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 The crystal is weird. Found some smaller ones around the area and it seems to be partially clear and opaque. Hard to tell with the white coating. I think it makes it look cooler. Here is a sponge? A small but diverse plate with crinoid stem, favosite coral, bryozoans, gastropod, many species of brachiopods, a few pieces of the trilobite Otarion. Favorite plate probably. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 That plate is fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Nice fossils and prep job, the air abrader really does work wonders, or is there a lot of skill involved as well? - starting to wish I had one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Nice fossils and prep job, the air abrader really does work wonders, or is there a lot of skill involved as well? - starting to wish I had one... Thanks, I am just getting used to prepping and producing quality specimens. Luckly the folks on this forum are very helpful in getting myself set up with the poor mans air blaster and I have easily prepped many specimens already to my surprise none of them are damaged. I spent 50+100+5+10 so 165 bucks on my set up. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The blastoid looks great! I still need to clean most of the fossils that i found on the trip. Here is a picture of my large Calymene breviceps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) That's what I call FIELDTRIP :D Edited January 23, 2012 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnoob Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It was an amazing field trip, cant wait til the next one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evren Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hey folks! Here's my first post on the forums, and definitely not my last. I haven't had much time to clean up my finds yet so pictures of those are yet to come, but some folks here might be interested in the stratigraphy of the quarry we visited. I had to prepare a stratigraphic column, and short report on the rock formations to justify me missing class (geology grad student) to attend this trip. Here's a few shots outlining the 3 Silurian units present in the quarry. There wasn't much of any fossil material in the units bounding the Waldron, but they're still interesting to a geology nerd! Here you can see all 3 formations present in the quarry. These rocks are all Silurian aged, and rest conformably on top of each other. This next one shows mostly the Waldron. You can see just how thin the Waldron truly is, and this is basically as thick as it gets! Finally, here's the stratigraphic column I drafted up from my field notes. My observations weren't too detailed because I was anxious to get collecting. I had fun with this little project, and might try to do something similar with every trip I go on. Fossil pics to come soon! Thanks for looking! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Thanks, evren; definitely serious value-added! Glad you could make this use of your field-time, without cutting into your collecting opportunity too much "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...
jpc Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 looks like another fun place to put on the bucket list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvePieterick Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) How should I clean fossils from Waldren shale? Edited October 14, 2013 by Ive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Hello Ive. . Without access to a air scribe; which seems to be a preppers tool of choice, I find soaking the specific areas you intend to prep with water, and then using dental picks and needles to remove the matrix. I have some fossils from St. Paul that I prepped in this manner in my fb albums. Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyT. Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Terrific photos. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvePieterick Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 would either of these work for cleaning Waldren fossils? Chicago Pneumatic CP710 Engraving Pen$68.75 Pneumatic Air Scribe Engraving Pen Jewelers Hand T...49.93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 Honestly I would get a paasche air eraser, a compressor, and some powdered dolomite for preping. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) I bought the small air abrasive kit from harbor freight for $79. Fits on a desktop and works very good for the price. Almost the same as the paasche. Comes with a small very quiet compressor and a comfortable hand held blaster. Edited October 18, 2013 by snakebite6769 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvePieterick Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 The only one I could find at Harbor Feight was this one for 39.99 http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=small+air+abrasive+kit+ Can you post a link to the $79 one, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 The only one I could find at Harbor Feight was this one for 39.99 http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=small+air+abrasive+kit+ Can you post a link to the $79 one, please. I think this might be the one that Snakebite6769 was refering to. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvePieterick Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 This is an air brush kit for artist, http://www.harborfreight.com/1-5-hp-58-psi-compressor-and-airbrush-kit-95630.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 On 10/18/2013 at 12:05 PM, Ive said: This is an air brush kit for artist, http://www.harborfreight.com/1-5-hp-58-psi-compressor-and-airbrush-kit-95630.html Yes, but I believe it can be used for air abrasives as well. Maybe Snakebite6769 will reply with the actual one he got, but the link I gave you is the only kit with compressor that harbor freight sells for around $79.00 bucks. (Online, at least!) I personally have an Central Pneumatics air eraser I got from Harbor Freight for about $20.00 - they don't sell them online, but usually have them in-store. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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