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Upper Ordovician, Near Flemingsburg, KY


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Upper Ordovician, Corryville member. Dry Dredgers field trip 4/28/18. Rt. 11, near Flemingsburg, KY.

 

Vinlandostrophia ponderosa and "Solenopora"

 

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My shark teeth I won in the annual auction at the Dry Dredgers meeting the night before.

 

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It was a great trip (not sure which one you were, but it was great hunting with you and the others nonetheless).  Also got to meet the famous @Herb.

 

I couldn't wait and so I already cut and polished one of the "Solenopora" calcareous algae heads last night. Here's the result.

 

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18 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

It was a great trip (not sure which one you were, but it was great hunting with you and the others nonetheless).  Also got to meet the famous @Herb.

 

I couldn't wait and so I already cut and polished one of the "Solenopora" calcareous algae heads last night. Here's the result.

Very, very pretty! 

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Neat Ordo material! :dinothumb:

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18 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

It was a great trip (not sure which one you were, but it was great hunting with you and the others nonetheless).  Also got to meet the famous @Herb.

 

I couldn't wait and so I already cut and polished one of the "Solenopora" calcareous algae heads last night. Here's the result.

 

That’s a very nice idea. Looks beautiful. I wonder if I should do that to my Prismostylus (aka “Tetradium) algaes of Late Ordovician age as well.

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21 minutes ago, JUAN EMMANUEL said:

That’s a very nice idea. Looks beautiful. I wonder if I should do that to my Prismostylus (aka “Tetradium) algaes of Late Ordovician age as well.

Thanks.  I've never tried it on those, but I bet it would work great.  It would facilitate seeing the internal structure as well as afford an opportunity to make an acetate peel.  I may do it on one of mine.

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On 4/29/2018 at 4:16 PM, Peat Burns said:

It was a great trip (not sure which one you were, but it was great hunting with you and the others nonetheless).  Also got to meet the famous @Herb.

 

I couldn't wait and so I already cut and polished one of the "Solenopora" calcareous algae heads last night. Here's the result.

 

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I have longish red hair. Unfortunately, I very rarely make it to any of the meetings or field trips, but have been a member of the club for about fourteen years.

 

I am glad you have the equipment to cut and polish the algae. I would like to do that with one or two of the specimens that I collected, but I don't have the resources.

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I'm blushing :rolleyes:

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25 minutes ago, lotsofpets said:

 

 

I have longish red hair. Unfortunately, I very rarely make it to any of the meetings or field trips, but have been a member of the club for about fourteen years.

 

I am glad you have the equipment to cut and polish the algae. I would like to do that with one or two of the specimens that I collected, but I don't have the resources.

Same here.  It's about a 5 hour drive to meetings for me.  It's an outstanding group.  Wish it was closer...

 

Btw, I use a tile saw and various grits of sandpaper followed by a polishing compound for the cutting and polishing.  Nothing fancy, but it works fantastically. 

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That's a lot of brachiopods you have there - well done!!!

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