Archimedes Series

[Jurassic Jim]

Had the opportunity to go to my favorite Archimedes site after days of heavy rain. Turns out some good prospects had been washed to the surface and had not yet scattered everywhere. Anyone who has collected Mississippian shale where Archimedes are present knows that most archimedes segments you find are less than an inch long in fact most are much shorter and can literally be scattered every where you look. This first pic shows the typical segments.

It was very enjoyable bringing these back to their glory! eseries shows the progression of putting back together

Finally the last picture of most put back together with ruler for scale. The other two will require more work as mineral deposites have formed on each broken end making some cleaning required before glueing.

[Ramo]

I'm impressed! I'm sure that takes a steady hand and a lot of patience!

That is one fossil I don't have but is high on my wish list. Archimedes is one of my favorite scientists of all time. He is right up there with Tesla.

Ramo

[Plantguy]

Hey Jim, nice finds and restoration. I like trying to reassemble things. I have a horse tooth that is kicking my butt right now! Regards, Chris

[Fossildude19]

Wow Jim!

Quite the jigsaw puzzle.

Nice finds, and great work on the re-assembly!

Regards,

[minnbuckeye]

Hi Jim,

I have about 6 samples of what looks like Archimedes from Ordovician rock of Minnesota. All samples are embedded in limestone and have been cleaned and half exposed with much tedious work. Were yours embedded or free from rock. I would love to free up the specimens completely but am afraid to due to their fragile nature.

[Xiphactinus]

Very nice! A steady hand there.....

[Jurassic Jim]

These were loose from hard matrix suspended in very gooey shale.