Crazyhen Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 This is a crinoid fossil from Guizhou, it is attached to a gigantic concretion. Do you think there is a fossil inside the concretion? Other than breaking it apart, any other possible way to check if there is a fossil inside the concretion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Classic Triassic: Traumatocrinus sp. figures from: Wang, X., Bachmann, G.H., Hagdorn, H., Sander, P.M., Cuny, G., Chen, X., Wang, C., Chen, L., Cheng, L., Meng, F., & Xu, G. (2008) The Late Triassic black shales of the Guanling area, Guizhou Province, south‐west China: a unique marine reptile and pelagic crinoid fossil Lagerstätte. Palaeontology, 51(1):27-61 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I can’t help with the question but that is extremely beautiful! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I suppose a CT scan might reveal what's inside the concretion, and it's not destructive. 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Amazing fossil! Do the concretions in that area usually have fossils inside of them? 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Beautiful, beautiful crinoid. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 hours ago, ynot said: Amazing fossil! Do the concretions in that area usually have fossils inside of them? It seems no one in the area has broken open the concretions found there, and so I was wondering if it’s worthwhile to ask the fossil collector there to break it apart and check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Beautiful, beautiful crinoid. There are more beautiful ones 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Beautiful fossils! How much does one of these crinoid nodules cost? If you were curious enough, you could purchase an ugly and cheap specimen, and break it just to see what's inside. 1 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...
izak_ Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Those are amazing. The ammonites are a nice bonus too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 They’re exquisite!!! I’m in fossil love. I don’t say that very lightly. Wow! Are they 100% real or are they partly restored? Where can these be found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, KimTexan said: They’re exquisite!!! I’m in fossil love. I don’t say that very lightly. Wow! Are they 100% real or are they partly restored? Where can these be found? They are found in Guizhou, China. Most of the chinoids are genuine but they tend to make composites for big slab, and there are some crafted ones. Chinoids of good quality are not uncommon there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 And this is another mysterious but beautiful concretion found at the same area. You can see some remains of chinoids on the surface but I don’t know if there is something inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 43 minutes ago, -Andy- said: Beautiful fossils! How much does one of these crinoid nodules cost? If you were curious enough, you could purchase an ugly and cheap specimen, and break it just to see what's inside. I understand that it's not cheap considering the size of the nodule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Can they find broken ones where these were found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 23 minutes ago, Troodon said: Can they find broken ones where these were found? I am not aware of the presence of broken ones found there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Thats unfortunate, but If they can find ones without crinoids on them they would be good to experiment on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Wow! Some very nice specimens in deed. Good luck on the concretions. Would love to know whats inside? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 A Weird Cliff in China Regularly "Lays Eggs" "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...
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