Calyx, exposed

[Rocky Stoner]

Hi folks, I posted this calyx for ID some time ago: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/75522-not-a-clue-here-please-take-a-look/&page=2

Since then, I decided to do a little prep on it to maybe expose more of it. Sadly, I did not get very far before it "grew" into the matrix ..... dang it !

But it does look a bit better, amazing to me.

Thanks again to all.

[Miocene_Mason]

It's small, but pretty, you got the "nipple" (bottom where it connects to the stem) too! Nice find!

[izak_]

Thats really cool, also all the stuff around it. Nice find!!

[Ptychodus04]

It looks like you can still prep some matrix off on the side away from the stem attachment site. Is this the case or is that just a trick of the camera?

 

Very cool either way.

[Rocky Stoner]

23 minutes ago, Ptychodus04 said:

It looks like you can still prep some matrix off on the side away from the stem attachment site. Is this the case or is that just a trick of the camera?

 

Very cool either way.

Yup, camera trick. Its sort of like a coffee cup and terminates at that sharp edge. I started to prep that off but left it as it would have made the feature a bit smaller. Its a bit different (nicer) when you look at it "in hand".

 

Thanks.

[RJB]

it must be the picture.  Im with Ptychodus, it really does look like it can be prepped out a bit further?

 

RB

[JohnBrewer]

Beautiful!