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Hi all, I wanted to start a thread for people to share their favorite fossils with amazing coloration. To kick it off here is one of my favorite shark teeth (a hemipristis from BV in Florida, miocene age). It is near max size for the species, just under 2" on the slant.

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Gorgeous!

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Great examples so far-

 

I have always been partial to the colors on this fossil ivory walrus tusk that I have from Alaska.

 

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We often find pretty fragments in our area...

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"Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."
-Romans 14:19

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Beautiful pyritised Gerastos ainrasifus trilobite L. Devonian Morocco 

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wow some really beautiful coloured fossils. Most of mine are grey or brown. Great post .

 

cheers Bobby 

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Great stuff here so far! I particularly like the various colors brought on by the iron minerals in the surrounding matrix of this cut and polished Graphoceras concavum from the southern German Aalenian.

 

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This Dactylioceras sp. from the Toarcian in the Whitby area, Yorkshire, England is also one of my favorites.

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Two contenders from me.

 

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A Baltic amber with a mosquito

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A pair of split ammonites I bought from separate auctions

Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday!

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2 minutes ago, RJB said:

Here is one of mine. 

Really nice colors on that one.

Tony

 

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Some of you guys who have been loitering here for a while may have seen these before... my blue crocodile and turtle bones from the Eocene Wasatch Fm of southeastern Wyoming.59f4b23a3bc1f_blueturtlebones.jpg.80a6ab95a74e399e1e0013b729b7cf6d.jpg

The challenge here is to Identify all the bones you see, and find the crocodile dentary.  Most of the blue bones are turtle plates, but there are two blue croc cervical vertebrae.  Notoice also that some of the bones actually change color halfway through... blue to brown, brown to white, etc.  Fun stuff.  

 

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Really nice posts by everyone so far - thanks for sharing! Here are a few more of the favorite shark teeth in my collection with interesting coloration (the first is a juvenile megalodon from Bone Valley in FL, the second is a great white from Peru, and the third is a mako from Beaufort Co., SC).

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  Here is one of the bestest litttle ammo ive found to date.  Just ablaze with color!!!  Just wish I could do it justice with my lousy photography.  This is Hoploscaphites nicoletti. 

 

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Nice topic! And, those are stunning teeth :faint: And there are quite a few other awesome fossils too; that blue croc is wicked!

 

Here are some more examples. 

There are, of course, the very common polished Madagascan ammonites Cleoniceras, with always great colors.

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Then, I also have those small pyrite ammonites Aconoceras from Carniol, France. From the Aptian of the Cretaceous. Though not really visible on this picture, they have beautiful golden flashes when held under a light.

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Looking forward to seeing some opalized fossils too; those are always impressive.

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17 minutes ago, tiburon said:

Love the ammonites, thanks for sharing!

Thanks ;)

Your shark teeth are better though!

Max Derème

 

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   - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier

 

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Hi,

 

Marvelous ! :wub:

 

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