Njords77 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Some of it is eroded so makes it a little tricky. I've come up with the following so am humbly requesting anyone who is able to verify or correct. Thanks. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Veneroida Family: Mesodesmatidae Genus: Paphies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njords77 Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Found in remote South Australia. Parent rock is the Bulldog Shale (~110 Ma) http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=2891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Beautiful piece of opal. Do to the nature of opal it is hard to see the details in a picture that You can see in person which makes it hard to make a definitive call on the id. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Amazing find, congrats!! One day I will get there. Coober pedy or lightning ridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njords77 Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 7 minutes ago, ynot said: Beautiful piece of opal. Do to the nature of opal it is hard to see the details in a picture that You can see in person which makes it hard to make a definitive call on the id. I understand. I've just found this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cyrenopsis which are pictures of what we typically find and they're "raw" which probably have better preservation of the key details but the "Cyrenopsis" part is throwing me now... thinking I've mislabeled. 6 minutes ago, Foozil said: Amazing find, congrats!! One day I will get there. Coober pedy or lightning ridge? Cheers mate. Coober Pedy is where this one is from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Beautiful - thanks for sharing! I was just wondering - did you collect this yourself, @Njords77? Finding an opalized fossil must be pretty exciting!!! Monica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njords77 Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 21 hours ago, Monica said: Beautiful - thanks for sharing! I was just wondering - did you collect this yourself, @Njords77? Finding an opalized fossil must be pretty exciting!!! Monica I'm happy to share it to be appreciated Monica, you're welcome. Yes my brother and I found this opal mining some years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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