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Way to Stabilize the cracks in this Chesapecten Shell?
bitterlily posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Hello. I found this very cool Chesapecten Shell covered in Barnacles. Feels very strong. There are cracks in the underside of the shell and I was wondering if there is something clear and strong that I could apply to stabilize the fractures? Thank You!
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I live in Flower Mound, Texas, Denton County. I find many fossilized shells in the ground as I garden and stuff. The other day, this one popped up and looked different enough that I am curious if it is a shell or something else. The one surface is much smoother than I see with the other "clam" shell fossils I find. The sides also appear to be thinner than usual. Thanks for any help.
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I found this today at NSR. I tried to find the rest of it in the general area for an hour. No luck. Any help is appreciated.
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One last piece for today as I clean up my finds from my trip to Myrtle Beach. I have a few pieces like this and I think they are tortoise. Just wanted to confirm. Thoughts?
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We were in the creek today and found this Chesapecten Shell that is still closed. We’ve never found one of these with both sides, unopened. Can anyone ID the type of Chesapecten? Is it Madisonious? Thank You!
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This fossil shell was found on Marco Island beach (Naples, Florida). Any help identifying what it is would be greatly appreciated.
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This is like nothing I have seen before in the Whitby coast area, there are a few belemnites on the rock also, and lots of scallop type shells in the area. What could it be?
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I know it’s a internal cast of something but I can’t remember what.
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
I was playing around with the UV lamp in my lab, seeing what might unexpectedly glow this afternoon. This was a nice surprise. It's an internal mold of Bacculites sp. with sutures that fluoresce orange under 345nm UV light. Bright orange like this usually indicates calcite, a mineral that makes up fossil shells and some modern ones, too. Between the mud-filled chambers, the shell was preserved while the exterior of the cone wore away. The shell material was either calcite to begin with or, more likely, began as aragonite (same chemical compound as calcite, but different crystal structure and glows yellow instead of orange) and changed over millions of years to the more stable configuration of calcite. Meanwhile, the mud looks like it may have a little bit of some fluorescent minerals in the mix, but it's mostly a daylight-only affair. The blue may be some residual glue from a label. This specimen is from the late Cretceaous Pierre Shale Formation in South Dakota.© C. 2020 Heather J M Siple
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What are these? Seems to fat to be a sand dollar. came from Greene county Alabama
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Found this picking the pile in the Atlantic
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I hope this is the correct place. We’ve spotted this shell like fossil within the stone work on our old 17th century barn. We are based in Oxfordshire. Whilst it looks like a fossil it also is shell like, and we have no experience. Hence the post to see if anyone can shed some light , on what this is. Many thanks.
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I don’t know anything about location
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No idea in anything to do with this shell
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I’m not sure of the location sorry
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Found along with other shells fossil. At an elevation of 1400 meters above sea levels.
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Found in Abbey Wood, which is a famous Miocene area.
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Turtle shell? Can’t get good light right now.
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Found this at Lulworth Cove which is a Late Jurassic to Mid Cretaceous area.
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Shell on right of third photo is an example of what I think it might be. Area is late Cretaceous.
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Hey All, My son picked this up out of the muddy banks of the Cape Fear River near Wilmington, NC. Has a bone look to it, not sure if it is, let a lone a fossil ? There is a tiny hitchhiker attached to it that I thought was a shell but it also is an oddity to me. Can anyone identify either of these ? Thanks.
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Hello all, ive found this rock with several embedded shells that I am not certain belongs to which order. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It was found in Muleiha, about an hour drive from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to a geological map, it’s from the Eocene. The whole matrix is 5 inches across or so. Best wishes
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It was found on a beach in conglomerate rock in Wenderholm Regional park near Orewa above Auckland in New Zealand. it is 20mm long and 8mm wide
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Found in Eganville Canada, I know it’s some kind of shell but can anyone be more specific?
KingSepron posted a topic in Fossil ID
Found in Eagletown. One more photo to come
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