Scaphites in N. Alberta

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I was playing around in the garage tonight and thought to clean up a piece of scaphites that I'd picked up last fall in a ravine leading to the Smoky River in Northern Alberta. Three of us had worked our way down some pretty rough bush and eventually made our way into a mucky draw. The slope above continues to slump and it's not an easy time finding a place to pick around. One of the lumps I found was a crushed piece of shale 'glued' together by calcite crystals and holding a broken piece of scaphites. It's a fragile piece and it wouldn't take much to break it all apart but I carefully exposed what I could and gave it a finish so it stands out from the rest of the rock. There's also a crushed baculite on top but nothing much to display so I didn't work on it. We look forward to getting back and finding some more compete pieces, but you never know. This piece has its own story to tell, don't you think?