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Cretaceous chert fossils from Texas

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The first one I think is a bivalve shell fragment. 

The second is gastropods.

And the third a really nice plant. :)

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1 and 2 in your second post look like conifer twigs/branches.

Great finds!

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3 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

The first one I think is a bivalve shell fragment. 

The second is gastropods.

And the third a really nice plant. :)

In the first photo, there's also a gastropod just below the surface to the left of the bivalve. 

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Yup, i see it now. 

Those conifer twigs are wonderful! :drool:

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I am smitten by the conifer twigs!
I have never seen they're like. :wub:

How much chert do you have to bust to find something like that nice?

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23 minutes ago, Auspex said:

I am smitten by the conifer twigs!
I have never seen they're like. :wub:

How much chert do you have to bust to find something like that nice?

Thanks!  The 4 plant fossils were all found by my dad over the last 40 years, while he was looking for arrowheads in the San Antonio area.  

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11 minutes ago, StevenJD said:

Thanks!  The 4 plant fossils were all found by my dad over the last 40 years, while he was looking for arrowheads in the San Antonio area.  

Well, that establishes their rarity, and why I've never seen anything like them.

Very cool. Serious envy here...

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Wow, I have never seen chert fossils from Texas like this. That is some serious rarity. They are lovely!

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Cheer fossils almost never fail to amaze me:envy:

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Happy hunting,

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Isn't it amazing to slice a chert into half and see a lovely fossil peeping up at you?

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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14 hours ago, -Andy- said:

Isn't it amazing to slice a chert into half and see a lovely fossil peeping up at you?

I've found bivalves and a couple of gastropods, but haven't found any plant fossils in chert yet.  Going through my dad's collection makes me want to get out and look in some flint hills now.

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