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Fossils from Pilatus mountain


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Nice Kasia, you had a lot of fun.:yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1:

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"On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

"We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes."

 

In memory of Doren

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52 minutes ago, fifbrindacier said:

Nice Kasia, you had a lot of fun.:yay-smiley-1::yay-smiley-1:

Thanks, I hope you like the pictures :)

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On 8/18/2018 at 9:42 PM, Kasia said:

OK :) Here we go: tiny ammonites from Liesberg

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On 8/18/2018 at 9:45 PM, Kasia said:

And some brachiopods from the same location:

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Wow! How did you manage to find all those pyritised ammonites? I recently visited the Andil quarry at Liesberg, but had no luck at all finding any ammonites. Nor too many brachiopods, for that matter. My approach in the Renggeri-Clay was to break parts off of the cliff and split layers, however. May be you had a more successful approach? Did you rake through the mud, just walk around on the slopes? Since I'm located within a reasonable distance to the quarry, I might consider going back there if I can figure out how to improve my find chances...

'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett

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10 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said:

 

 

Wow! How did you manage to find all those pyritised ammonites? I recently visited the Andil quarry at Liesberg, but had no luck at all finding any ammonites. Nor too many brachiopods, for that matter. My approach in the Renggeri-Clay was to break parts off of the cliff and split layers, however. May be you had a more successful approach? Did you rake through the mud, just walk around on the slopes? Since I'm located within a reasonable distance to the quarry, I might consider going back there if I can figure out how to improve my find chances...

Hi,

first I was looking in the cliffs, too - but after a while I realised it made no sense, so I started walking on the slopes - and once I found out that the ammos were really tiny (namely I spotted one), I started finding more and more in the mud on the slopes. I guess it's a little easier with the sun - they shine, so I think it's better to go there in spring/ summer. 

 

Best of luck,

 

Kasia

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33 minutes ago, Kasia said:

Hi,

first I was looking in the cliffs, too - but after a while I realised it made no sense, so I started walking on the slopes - and once I found out that the ammos were really tiny (namely I spotted one), I started finding more and more in the mud on the slopes. I guess it's a little easier with the sun - they shine, so I think it's better to go there in spring/ summer. 

 

Best of luck,

 

Kasia

 

Thanks! I'll give that a try next time! :Smiling: I didn't want to try that this time as the slopes were steep and slippery with mud, and I didn't spot anything on them. A father and daughter pair did apply this strategy, however, but they didn't appear to have too much luck either. All the same, conditions differ from visit to visit, of course ;)

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'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett

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