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On 2/8/2018 at 3:27 AM, doushantuo said:

Nice pieces,Adam

 

Thank you! :)

Next I have some cleaned up Elrathia kingii. 1.2 cm long. The first one has a damaged front border to the cephalon and when I foolishly popped it a bit fell off which i have glued back, badly. It also has an upside down Itagnostus head next to it that i have left. 

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Next : this one has another cephalon fixed to it's cephalon, which couldn't be removed. Main specimen 1.8 cm long. 

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And then i got to bash up some matrix and found these plus the Itagnostus bits I posted earlier.

This cephalon is 1.5 mm at its widest point.20180213_211230-1-1.jpg.0f526f567de0240eb97be6eb34173e7e.jpg

And this one 1.2 cm long. 20180213_211431-1.thumb.jpg.13bcb844c4c29d294f5eb81b79340ffe.jpg

And this big cephalon which is 1.8 cm wide, this would have been a big one!

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So thanks once again to Tony @ynot for his generosity and kindness in sending me replacements for lost specimens and the some! 

Cheers, Tony, i'm absolutely delighted! 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Nice bugs mate.:wub:

Thank you! 

Did you see the tiny Itagnosus that I posted earlier? 

More coming soon with Ralph's Upper Cambrian bugs from Georgia! :)

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25 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Thank you! 

Did you see the tiny Itagnosus that I posted earlier? 

More coming soon with Ralph's Upper Cambrian bugs from Georgia! :)

I have now, beautiful thank you. They are on my to get list .:wub:

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And to bring my Cambrian up to date for now, another species of Trilobite sent to me by another TFF member. Ralph @Nimraviswas kind enough to send me these three examples of Aphelaspis brachyphasis as a bonus included with some wonderful Mazon Creek fossils he sent me. These are from the lowest part of the Upper Cambrian Paibian series and thus maybe about 496 mya. From the Conasauga Formation by the Conasuaga River in North Georgia, USA.  They may be not as well known or commercial as the slightly older  Elrathia kingii and perhaps not as pretty but they are much rarer and not generally available on the market at all. I think they're rather lovely and the thought that I maybe the only person in Africa to own this species is rather exciting! :wub: Thank you, Ralph! 

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Hmmm. 

My photos don't do them justice, they're more detailed than they appear here. 

Anyway, thanks for looking, here endeth my Cambrian collection for now. 

Time to return to the Ordovician for a bit. 

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17 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Hmmm. 

My photos don't do them justice, they're more detailed than they appear here. 

Anyway, thanks for looking, here endeth my Cambrian collection for now. 

Time to return to the Ordovician for a bit. 

Glad that you like them Adam.

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But wait! 

Just received some nice matrix from the Upper Cambrian Aphelaspis beds from Georgia courtesy of @Nimravis

Dropped from the top of the mountains by the postie, so some of the rocks are already split, but i'm most hopeful.

So let's see what I can find in this little lot. 

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And finely, after two and a half weeks of diligent rock boshing, here are the results. 

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A nice bunch of complete Aphelaspis brachyphasis, plus lots of librigenae and one or two agnostids! 

Close ups to follow. 

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Aphelaspis brachyphasis. 

The one bottom left is 1.5 cm long. (not including the stain surrounding it). 

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This one has a lot of shell material, I love the grey colour in contrast to the orange. 6 mm.

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The big orange one is 1.5cm

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And to the right of it another with shell in places. 20180415_235659-1.thumb.jpg.2976b0dc0bdbd1c3c8ebf5e13a865ddb.jpg

A group of little 'uns, some a mm or less in the top and left of the picture. 

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57 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

And finely, after two and a half weeks of diligent rock boshing, here are the results. 

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A nice bunch of complete Aphelaspis brachyphasis, plus lots of librigenae and one or two agnostids! 

Close ups to follow. 

What do you use to split these apart? Any specific tools or just a hammer and chisel? I can't seem to get thick pieces to split evenly.

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And more : It hasn't come out too well in the photo, but the little pale one on the left has exquisite detail. It's 6 mm.

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I found a couple of plates like this with several on. The biggest one is 1.9 mm long. 

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Here it is a closer look

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And closer at the little one. 7 mm. 

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Nice one in the middle 6 mm. 

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13 minutes ago, Malone said:

What do you use to split these apart? Any specific tools or just a hammer and chisel? I can't seem to get thick pieces to split evenly.

This stuff splits pretty easily. 

I thin it down with the blade of my hammer and use a cold chisel or a steak knife to split it gradually thinner. Fingernails wok on some bits. i also played freeze/ thaw on some.

 

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11 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

This stuff splits pretty easily. 

I thin it down with the blade of my hammer and use a cold chisel or a steak knife to split it gradually thinner. Fingernails wok on some bits. i also played freeze/ thaw on some.

 

Thank you!

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And the more eagle-eyed among you would have noticed in the bottom right of the last photograph - agnostid bits.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Result!

I love them! :wub:

Okay, so they're not as good as some I've seen, but I'm delighted , they're pretty rare, so happy with this. 

Here they are, i proudly present Barrandagnostus inexpectans. The one with shell material still in the big rock bottom left is 4.5 mm long. 

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Let's peek a bit closer :

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And a couple of other bits (i think)

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So, yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the matrix, Ralph, i did the best i could. @Nimravis

And that's the end of my Cambrian again for a bit. 

See you in the Ordovician. 

Thanks for looking,

Adam. 

 

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Great way to end your Cambrian post . Very enjoyable thank you Adam.

 

Next up is the Ordovician of the day.:D

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3 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Aphelaspis brachyphasis. 

The one bottom left is 1.5 cm long. (not including the stain surrounding it). 

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This one has a lot of shell material, I love the grey colour in contrast to the orange. 6 mm.

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The big orange one is 1.5cm

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And to the right of it another with shell in places. 20180415_235659-1.thumb.jpg.2976b0dc0bdbd1c3c8ebf5e13a865ddb.jpg

A group of little 'uns, some a mm or less in the top and left of the picture. 

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Awesome trilobites:wub: Your Cambrian collection is doing very well.

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4 hours ago, Bobby Rico said:

Great way to end your Cambrian post . Very enjoyable thank you Adam.

 

Next up is the Ordovician of the day.:D

Thanks Bobby, i'm very pleased with them all. :)

Only the end for now I hope, there's several Moroccan Cambrian trilos I aim to acquire. 

I only have four more to post for Adam's Ordovician (including two beauties from you) and then it's on to Adam's Silurian. 

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4 hours ago, indominus rex said:

Awesome trilobites:wub: Your Cambrian collection is doing very well.

Thank you, I very much hope it will continue to grow. :)

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