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Golden Coprolite? Braceville Nodule


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So i went with my local club (ESCONI) to a hill they lease for two weekends out of the year for a dig about a month ago. It's nicknamed "Fan Worm Hill" in Braceville, IL. This hill is a old spoil pile from the coal mining, and is filled with nodules from the Essex fauna.

We get to dig there, so i was very excited to go! I killed my body and collected about two 5 gallon buckets full. Sadly, most are poorly preserved blanks, jellys or bivalves. I did find one decent polychaete worm and cool associated Jellyfish though.... But now i may have found one of the most interesting pieces in my Mazon fauna.

It looks similar to the Sea Cucumbers i find from the South Unit, but i really don't think it is. It's too inconsistent in form and texture. So, I believe it to be a pyrite encrusted piece of coprolite. If anyone has knowledge of Braceville nodules id love to get a confirmation.

Thanks for looking!

For your amusement, Golden Poop.....

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Sure looks like poop to me. :unsure:

That's a neat one, Charlie!

You could always make jewelry out of it! ;)

Thanks for posting it.

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pyrite nodule, "lightly used"

Grüße,

Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

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Haha, thanks guys!

It's an interesting piece, that's for sure.

~Charlie~

"There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK
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->How to spot a fake Trilobite
->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG

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