Jay's Prep Blog

[DevonianDigger]

Here's a nice little Calymene niagarensis. These guys have interesting little holes in them where calcite crystals are present. Makes some of the prep a bit interesting. 

 

Before:

 

After (but still not complete)

 

[DevonianDigger]

Another yet-to-be-completed C. niagarensis.

 

Before:

 

After:

[DevonianDigger]

Okay, that's it for today. Need to take more photos.

[Coco]

Hi,

 

Some of your pics don't display...

 

Coco

[DevonianDigger]

All the photos should be fixed now.

[DevonianDigger]

Here's a neat piece that I worked on yesterday a bit. It's a really cool hash piece from the Bay View Coral bed in the Windom. I think the big piece is a Pterinopecten, but I'm honestly not sure. We find shreds of them from time to time, but at almost 3" across this is one of the largest, most complete pieces I have. There is also a collapsed crinoid in association. From the looks of the layout, size, and shape of the bits, I believe the calyx was somewhere near the bottom near where the bit of bryozoan is exposed and that the arms are collapsed to the right of the piece. So far I have managed to find pieces of the bivalve, the crinoid, two different types of bryozoan, branching coral, and trilo-bits in this rather small piece. Going to keep at the slow go and see what else I can uncover.

 

[Fossildude19]

Thanks for fixing the pictures, Jay! 

Great work you are doing! 

Thanks for posting it!

 

Tim