MikeR Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) I found my specimen on August 23 so I will let the moderators decide if the prep was significant enough to warrant entry. Prep consisted of four hours of scrubbing, pressure washing and picking matrix off of the crystals and completed on September 19. This coral specimen is Solenastrea bouroni Edwards & Haime, 1849 from the Upper Pliocene Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation, Collier County, Florida. It is not rare as it is one of the more common Florida Plio-Pleistocene corals however it is the preservation that deserves merit. The top part of the specimen is original material which is then replaced further down by calcite. Large clusters of calcite crystals have formed on the underside. There is plenty of calcite and aragonite present in the Golden Gate from shells and corals, however I am at a loss as to how masses of crystals such as those pictured could have formed. Since this species tends to grow in large heads perhaps an empty void was formed allowing the growth of the crystal masses by ground water. Edited September 19, 2015 by MikeR "A problem solved is a problem caused"--Karl Pilkington "I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Mike, cool combination of geometric shapes in your specimen. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) I found this fish tooth plate in Duck Creek Formation of the Lower Cretaceous of Grayson County Texas on September 12th of 2015. I did some preparation to expose some more of it completed on the 15th. I include some close-up views of a part with a transparent layer of possibly calcite. It's 35mm long. Edited September 20, 2015 by BobWill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I found this Goniophorus sp. in the Duck Creek Formation of the Lower Cretaceous of Grayson County Texas on September 12th of 2015. It is 11mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 prepped bone. prepped bonev2.JPG Nice! Must have been a tricky prep. The bone looked fragile. Looks quite stable now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Here is a my best found this month its a Dactyloceras found in the quarry of Ohmden by Holzmaden. i found it on the 5th September:i dont think that i will have a chance but i will try it before i forgot the ammonite is 6.7 cm long .Small but i think a great preservation . Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 My lowly entry for the fossil of the Month is one of the 24 Gravicalymene celebra Trilobites I found on August 29th, 2015. These Trilobites were part of a mass burial (Lagerstatten) I found. These Trilobites were from south central Ohio, and a part of the Laurel formation, Euphemia member. Right above the Massie formation, part of the Osgood formation in a hard Dolomite stone. I found this Bug with 23 other 3D Trilobites in an area that was only about 20x20feet. There were so many Trilobites there that I called over the other Club members to get in on this rare find. I would say that 10 of us came away with over 50 3D trilobites. I also have 12 molds of Trilobites and left many of them on the top of the rock blast pile, which is very unusual to leave any piece of a bug behind. I think this guy has a great attitude and patiently waited 430 million years for me to find him. Prepped out this past week. Ziggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Just a few more photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 As far as my voting process goes; it is similar to what others have said. I will add that I tend to vote for things I would really like to find myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNGray Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) Huntoniatonia Huntonensis Devonian Bois d'Arc Formation Near Clarita, Oklahoma Found by me on May 28, 2015at the Theisen Quarry Preparation completed on September 20, 2015 Prepped by Leon Theisen I found this slab at the Theisen quarry back in May. I practiced on many lesser condition examples but I sent this one back to Leon as, being a rookie preparatory, I was afraid I would not do a worthy job of prep. I just got it back from Leon today. Since the prep was completed in September, I'll throw it into the ring! Edited October 1, 2015 by JohnJ (contest photo uploaded to TFF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Ted, that's stunning! Glad it came out the way it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 what a wonderful fand ine trilo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Rarity, difficulty in preparation, unique display and the ability to make me foam at the mouth with envy. Some very nice entries this month. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Great finds everyone! I am so inclined to submit a few of my dinosaur finds... Oh well, next time! Again, a great selection of fossils, will be hard to chose a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Just a few more photos. 2015 09 18_1605_edited-1.jpg 2015 09 19_1650_edited-1.jpg 2015 09 19_1654_edited-1.jpg That is a very nice Trilobite .....Good luck TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otodusobliquus Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Here is my humble find for consideration, a pathological Otodus obliquus tooth. Found 9-20-15 on the Potomac river of Virginia. Paleocene Aquia formation. Ruler scale is in inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) I would like to submit a Caudal Vertebra from the Hadrosaur: Edmontosaurus annectens Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, South Dakota The Vertebra is 13" (33cm) tall and 6 1/2" (17cm) across the lateral spine. The specimen was found in June and picked up from the Prep person on my return from September's collecting trip. The preparation included cleaning, crack fill and reattachment of the spine which was in two pieces, no restoration. The fist two images are in-situ ones of the vertebra. The spine pieces were removed during extraction of the centrum. Edited September 28, 2015 by Troodon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Lovely specimen Frank. Sandra does good prep Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I will submit my partial skull as I am not sure that it will display any better once prepped and it will take quite some time getting it out from the limestone matrix so this is as found. For scale the measurement of the underside of the jaw is 570mm Platypteryguis australis - partial skull Toolebuc formation - Albian - Cretaceous Richmond district Queensland Australia Found 21-9-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Wow! There are some stunning finds being entered this month--and still 2 days to go in the month. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 At the risk of splitting my own votes, I must make a 2nd entry this month. I am submitting this 25cm long mandible of a Tapirus veroensis. I found it on September 22 in pleistocene gravel on the Brazos River in Fort Bend County, TX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I will add an entry I suppose. This specimen is a Hadrosaur tooth found at my new site in North Mississippi in the shallow water marine Demopolis formation. These teeth are not rare in certain parts of this country, but in the Southeast United States, dinosaur material is an extremely rare find. Northeast Mississippi Lower Demopolis Formation Late Campaignian of the Late Cretaceous Period Found in early September of 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 This is becoming one of the better months I have witnessed in my tenure on the forum...pretty exciting! "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I will submit my partial skull as I am not sure that it will display any better once prepped and it will take quite some time getting it out from the limestone matrix so this is as found. For scale the measurement of the underside of the jaw is 570mm Platypteryguis australis - partial skull Toolebuc formation - Albian - Cretaceous Richmond district Queensland Australia Found 21-9-15 I... I am speechless. All I can say is WOW! Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) There are some awesome finds this month. But for fun I’ll have a go with my best find of September: Cluster of Goniatites ( Manticoceras sp. )and a nautiloid orthocone. Age: Devonian – Frasnian – formation of Neuville Location: Lompret Belgium Found on 27 September 2015 Edited September 29, 2015 by JohnJ (contest photos uploaded to TFF) growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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