Mt. Tzouhalem (Tzuhalem), Vancouver Island

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Thanks Adam, I have been meaning to go up some more but other things keep happening.

The piles at the top and the western side should still be accessible even if these lower ones are no longer. (I think)

 

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I thought I would post some shots from my latest trip up to the lower area, since it is being rapidly developed and soon there will be nothing left to collect. (The upper and west side areas are still there, but I suppose they will be next. For now I need to collect where it is most urgent - my small 'Sponge Site' patch near here is already obliterated).

There were a couple small piles of rock that I had heretofore missed seeing...

 

The red arrow above points to the edge of an ammonite barely showing out of the rock (below). I dared not touch it until I got glue in it, but I had left that at home...

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Came back the next day with the glue and slathered the area outward from the ammonite, and left it for another couple days. It was pretty hot and sticky these next couple days so I stayed home. I figured the glue would be OK (possibly better after the extra curing time) and trusted that no one would find the ammo in the interim.

 

 

After those couple days I returned for a 3trd time and set about to remove the ammonite. It came out beautifully. It might have come out just as well, but with less matrix, if I hadn't applied glue, but I didn't know what to expect and didn't want to take chances. These can be relatively crushed and will therefore fragment more upon exposure/excavation.

I guess this one is a smaller Eupachydiscus haradai.

 

Now it's my turn to leave an impression behind for someone else to see!

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In my travels up there I have seen 2 or 3 of these large limey boulders packed with ichnofossils but I don't know whether it's worth trying to lug them home. I can't lift this piece, it would require a prybar and maybe two people to lift it into the car.

 

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Here is a coral (Platycyathus?) and two Type 1 bivalves in proximity, at that same pile as the ammonite. The coral is barely 9mm in diam.

I found another coral with some odd 'granules' in the middle of it, which I did not get a pic of. I should do that and post it for opinions.