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Mariia

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Hi all! I am completely new to fossil collection, and have started it only because I had an assignment for a class. Now, however,after visiting couple of fossil sites and getting pictures of what I found, I got excited and curious. I searched internet but only get lost. So my main question is whether at least one of my finds is a fossil, or all of them are rocks? Pictures and information about location below.

1. Alki Point, Seattle. Found it in a shale. About 3 cm long

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2. Alki Point, Seattle. Found it in shale. White rings in shale about 3 mm in diameter:
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3.  West coast of Olympic Peninsula,WA  found it on the beach near Cape Alava

4 cm wide, 2.5 high
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4. Find it near Clallam Bay, WA. 6 cm long, 3 high
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    Tim    VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

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The pictures were there initially, but I suspect this was linked from Google. If that is the case, please try to upload them directly from your computer.

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Odd, I could see the pics yesterday on my desktop computer, but not last night on my laptop at work. I can see them again on my desktop. Maybe it has something to do with bandwidth/ internet connections? My desktop is on broadband & my laptop is on WiFi. I'm seeing them just fine right now.

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I think it's most likely a crab parts in concretion, but can't actually be certain of it.

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3 hours ago, Rockwood said:

I think it's most likely a crab parts in concretion, but can't actually be certain of it.

Which of the 4 are You talking about?

Because 3 looks a lot like a clam to Me.

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Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough."

 

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9 minutes ago, ynot said:

Which of the 4 are You talking about?

Because 3 looks a lot like a clam to Me.

All of them look more like crab parts in concretion than 3 looks like a clam to me.

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22 hours ago, Mariia said:

3.  West coast of Olympic Peninsula,WA  found it on the beach near Cape Alava

4 cm wide, 2.5 high

Can We see more views of this one?

Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys."

Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough."

 

My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection

My favorite thread on TFF.

 

 

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