Royal peacock opal mine Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 68749462231__216AFE3A-B7E8-4010-B7F9-ED9AB15F49CD.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) Welcome to TFF from Austria! What is your question? I can see some opalization and a cellular structure in one piece. So, it could be opalized bone. But I am not sure and I am unfamiliar with the area. Are such bones already known from the Virgin Valley in Nevada? Knowledgeable members may comment soon . Franz Bernhard Edited October 15, 2022 by FranzBernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 If this is a show and tell, then please tell us more. Did you find this yourself at the mine? Is it already identified without a doubt that it's bone? If so, from what animal? Is the exact stratigraphy determined? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal peacock opal mine Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Kinda show an tell but not really. I did find myself on the many acres of our private property in the heart of the Sheldon national wildlife refuge and there are many many more fossils that I am looking forward to sharing from the same layer most are just fossilized very few are opalized and this is the only one I e seen with precious in the 13 years I’ve been working the family business. Would like to identify but without more I heard it probably would be impossible to tell what it was from. Looks like shoulder blade but I have no idea. From what animal??? Again I have no idea. We have camels and three toed horses that have been identified as that in the area So I’m assuming camel. I have no doubt that it is a fossilized bone with the morrow being filled with precious opal. pictures I thought weren’t very good I will try to take more again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mahnmut Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Very interesting and beautiful find! For context the non-opalized pieces will be as interesting. As far as I know skapulae in most mammals do not have much marrow, but not sure about really big species. Maybe a flattened part of the pelvis? These have marrow even in puny humans. The pitted surface may be diagnostic to those familiar with the region? List of species from the location: https://www.mindat.org/paleo_strat.php?id=18130 Best regards, J 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal peacock opal mine Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 Thank you for the information. Been looking for something like that for years. Thought I’d have more stuff up and be a little more active but things always seem to happen. Anyways thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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