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3 minutes ago, BLT said:

I’m glad you were able to open more concretions today. I often browse this thread while drinking my first cup of coffee each morning. I’ve been missing your updates! It’s always exciting to see what you’ve found. :) 

I am glad that you enjoy it, it will continue for a while because I still have many, many buckets to go through.

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25 minutes ago, BLT said:

I’m glad you were able to open more concretions today. I often browse this thread while drinking my first cup of coffee each morning. I’ve been missing your updates! It’s always exciting to see what you’ve found. :) 

Blimey! You're up late today! ;)

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I decided to take the day off today and besides working out I decided to open some more concretions from "Across From Pit 4". A lot of the concretions that I opened today were perfectly shaped, and like a lot of the times, they did not contain fossils. Here is one example- it has a mineral inclusion and the spots are from flakes of snow that was falling in the 33 degree temps that we had.

 

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This next concretion make a great crack sound when I whacked it, by the sound turned out to be the out shell cracking. The concretion itself did not have anything inside.

 

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Here are some of my finds from today-

 

Neuropteris-

 

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Neuropteris Stem-

 

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Annularia-

 

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Pecopteris-

 

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Bark and Subsurface Bark-

 

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Myalinella meeki Bivalves-

 

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Coprolite-

 

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Nice finds!:)

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt

 

-Mark Twain

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On 12/2/2018 at 4:22 PM, Tidgy's Dad said:

Mystery item - jellyfish, maybe? 

No- it is not a jellyfish.

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On 12/3/2018 at 7:02 PM, Nimravis said:

I decided to take the day off today and besides working out I decided to open some more concretions from "Across From Pit 4". A lot of the concretions that I opened today were perfectly shaped, and like a lot of the times, they did not contain fossils. Here is one example- it has a mineral inclusion and the spots are from flakes of snow that was falling in the 33 degree temps that we had.

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This next concretion make a great crack sound when I whacked it, by the sound turned out to be the out shell cracking. The concretion itself did not have anything inside.

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Crushing... pun intended!  I see way too many "perfect" blanks, even when freeze/thawing.  How's the freeze/thaw going?  Good weather for that... but not much else!

 

Love the thread!   I passed it on to a few other people to view.  You have a great variety and a good representation of what to expect with Mazon Creek.

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

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3 hours ago, stats said:

Crushing... pun intended!  I see way too many "perfect" blanks, even when freeze/thawing.  How's the freeze/thaw going?  Good weather for that... but not much else!

 

Love the thread!   I passed it on to a few other people to view.  You have a great variety and a good representation of what to expect with Mazon Creek.

 

Cheers,

Rich

I am glad you are enjoying this thread Rich, nothing has opened yet. Today I cracked open a couple pretty ferns, I will post in a couple minutes.

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Today was a beautiful day to whack concretions, sunny, 29 degrees and a lot of Canada Geese flying overhead.

 

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Here are some of my favorite finds from today-

 

Neuropteris-

 

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Pecopteris-

 

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Bark with Multiple Microconchids.

 

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Here are some of my other finds-

 

Taeniophyllum latifolium Subsurface bark.

 

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Lepidodendron Bark-

 

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Coprolite-

 

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Myalinella meeki Hash Plate-

 

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Here are two unknowns, I believe the first one might be a shrimp, but I am not positive.

 

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Second Unknown-

 

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7 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Some beautiful leaves, today. :)

Thanks Adam, and all of these pieces came from “Across From Pit 4”, sometimes that spot produced some nice Flora.

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Hi Ralph. Nice neuropteris today. I've been curious, were the microconchids eating the wood as it rotted in water?

 

The geese are always fun to watch. We've been lucky to have swans (trumpeter) nearby these last few years.

 

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Nice, none of the concretions from near me have anything but  sidetite/calcite/pyrite/baryite mineralization in them. 

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4 hours ago, Innocentx said:

Hi Ralph. Nice neuropteris today. I've been curious, were the microconchids eating the wood as it rotted in water?

 

The geese are always fun to watch. We've been lucky to have swans (trumpeter) nearby these last few years.

 

I believe the Microconchids are filter feeders- I think they just attach to the bark, but I also find them attached to Myalinella meeki bivalves.

 

That is great about the swans, about a week ago a couple hundred Sand Cranes flew over head, very high up and they make a great sound.

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Today was another sunny day and with the temperature at 29 degrees, it was a great day to be outside, lightly dressed and whacking concretions- NOT. But I was out there anyway going through some from the Braceville Shaft Mine (Essex Biota - Marine). I only found the usual fare from that location, but I was able to get rid of more concretions, and that is a plus.

 

I try to list "My best find for the day", when I remember, so here it is.

 

But before I show it, here is my buddy that always comes around when I am opening concretions and he will sit a couple feet from me and eat peanuts while I am swinging away- he never gets scared.

 

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My Best Find For The Day-

 

Sedgwickia marine bivalve encrusted with a mineral.

 

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I can usual tell from the shape of the concretion from this site that it will contain a Sedgwickia. This pic was taken after I opened it, they usually break very nice because there is a relief inside.

 

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I favorite non-fossil find of the day- Chalcopyrite

 

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Here are two more Sedgwickia-

 

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Here are the other pieces of fauna from today, all Essexella asherae Jellyfish- one opened nicely, two did not and the other was an opened half that I picked up when collecting long ago.

 

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7 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

That first Sedgwickia is stunning! 

Yes, when they open nicely they are very pretty.

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the possible shrimp looks vaguely like Tyrannophontes and is vaguely about the same size as some of the larger specimens I've seen out of Bear Gulch.

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On October 14th, I posted these pictures of a fish that I found, but only the tail portion was exposed and the rest of the fish was in 2 pieces and I decided to freeze / thaw it to see if it would open.

 

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After 39 freeze / thaw sessions the fish decided to pop out. It is not the best fish, but a fish is a fish. I am torn between a Rhabdoderma exiguum or a Elonichthys  peltigerus. @RCFossils what do you think?

 

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Your patience with freeze thaw has paid off a good rarer fish well done.

 

John

 

Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead.

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51 minutes ago, t-tree said:

Your patience with freeze thaw has paid off a good rarer fish well done.

 

John

 

Thanks John, not that rare, but seeing that it is, I believe my 3rd fish during this thread, it is not that common.

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10 hours ago, Nimravis said:

On October 14th, I posted these pictures of a fish that I found, but only the tail portion was exposed and the rest of the fish was in 2 pieces and I decided to freeze / thaw it to see if it would open.

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The fact that I recognized this concretion from an earlier post, the second I saw it, tells me I spend way too much time browsing this thread! ;)

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