RockHound66 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I have never found a top to a Crinoid only pieces Here and there and mostly in creeks beds washed Out over tens of thousands of years. But we have Been checking out a shelf of rocks i think a lot come From in the creek and found this today...how does one gently Remove this? Its in this dang Missouri limestone Concrete haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockHound66 Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Another angle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockHound66 Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Heres the shelves the fossils are layered in Between them here and there...big sedimentary Clusters surrounded by limestone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Oof, not so portable, eh? Looks like a job for Mr. Portable Gas-powered Rock Saw. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Ugh....Warsaw formation. That stuff is HARD. I seldom collect in it just because it's almost impossible to prep. If you are trying to get it out of the cliff face....prybar, sledge hammer, and be ready to pick up the pieces and glue them back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Nice, find. Not sure about extracting the fossil from the matrix. Start slow with water and a soft brush to check how sturdy the fossil is. I would try vinegar or hydrogen peroxide on a different but similar piece to see how it cleans up. Then if nothing catastrophic happens, I would try it on the good one. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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