Rockin' Ric Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Here is one half of my latest active coal mine finds. There's not much contrast between the image and stone like the previous fossils I've posted on the lighter color shale that came from a construction site. The mine shale is a lot darker in color, some slabs found are almost close to coal consistency. Carboniferous Period, Pottsville Formation, Central Alabama. 3D Calamite Stems Calamite Stem with Trigoncarpus and large Calamite stem impression. Neuropteris leaf hash plates with rachis. Trigoncarpus seed pods with stems and rachis. Not sure what the first pic is...Calamites??? Fern leaf hash plate. Fern hash plate and Lyginopteris fern fronds. WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS! If history repeats itself, I'm SO getting a dinosaur. ~unknown www.rockinric81.wixsite.com/fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Nice finds as usual, Ric, but man, ... those Lyginopteris specimens are the bees knees! I tried to enhance this a bit - it is simply gorgeous. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Ric Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Thanks Tim, yeah those camera phones flashes really do the fossils an injustice but that is all I have to record the images...gotta figure out a way to the flash a bit so that the image stands out. The slab is positive version...the negative slab isn't as detailed. WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS! If history repeats itself, I'm SO getting a dinosaur. ~unknown www.rockinric81.wixsite.com/fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 10 minutes ago, Rockin' Ric said: Thanks Tim, yeah those camera phones flashes really do the fossils an injustice but that is all I have to record the images...gotta figure out a way to the flash a bit so that the image stands out. The slab is positive version...the negative slab isn't as detailed. You might consider taking them outside, in daylight, with them laying on some blacktop. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Beauties! -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Got to love calamities and seeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Oh that last one is my kind of hash plate! It’s beautiful! I have loved ferns since I was a little girl. We had a spring down the hill from our house in the woods in a gully. The ferns there were about as tall as I was when I was 8. I thought they were the most elegant and graceful of plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Ric Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 12 hours ago, KimTexan said: Oh that last one is my kind of hash plate! It’s beautiful! I have loved ferns since I was a little girl. We had a spring down the hill from our house in the woods in a gully. The ferns there were about as tall as I was when I was 8. I thought they were the most elegant and graceful of plants. KimTexan, ferns fossils are my favorite to find. I live in an area where they are plentiful. I have this one spot where we've found 3 different species of ferns existed...finding them on one slab which is pretty cool. WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS! If history repeats itself, I'm SO getting a dinosaur. ~unknown www.rockinric81.wixsite.com/fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Ric Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 17 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: You might consider taking them outside, in daylight, with them laying on some blacktop. Hey Tim, that is the idea environment because more detail is lit up with the sunlight. For some reason, I just like that black background behind the fossils. Camera phones aren't idea tools to use when photographing fossils indoors...it doesn't help if the fossils are coal encrusted either because as you've seen in previous photos the light reflects off the surface making it difficult to capture the details. WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS! If history repeats itself, I'm SO getting a dinosaur. ~unknown www.rockinric81.wixsite.com/fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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