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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 28, 2024 16:25:39 GMT -5
The quest of the rock stirs my soul. It IS my favorite part of this hobby too. you’re speaking my language. If I could make a living just off hounding, I would. You know the rush you get when you find some nice stuff? I can’t explain the feeling you get when you find a new deposit of some previously unfound material. Exactly. And the feeling of satisfaction to comprehend the science of what I'm looking at and how to figure out where to find what.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 28, 2024 9:47:24 GMT -5
Good guess but because of many other specimens with these features I've been able to put together numerous clues with some detective work and form an accurate hypothesis. On the above specimen you can see the ghost of a wood limb in the middle that's rather large. The growth rings aren't really well defined, but you can see the radial cracks emanating from the center typical of a limb. OK, that's one part of the story. The second part is that white structure. Detailed somewhere in the previous 162 pages of this thread we've been able to determine that anomalies like this are the burrows of dung beetle larvae that are filled with the excrement of the larva. Fossilized poo inside fossilized poo. It's interesting to note that the limb was not totally digested, and the larva deflected around the contour of the limb in its burrowing endeavor. Wait. So millions and millions of years ago an animal eats a branch and it doesn’t fully digest. Out it comes in some poop, which Mr. Dung Beetle comes along to deal with. In his travels through the pile he burrows into that partially digested branch, leaving behind a bunch of his own poop. And in the end it ALL becomes fossilized and wound up with you??? Again, I absolutely love that. It would be crazy to find a fossilized dung beetle in some coprolite some day. That's correct. Scientists have found dung beetles in coprolites, along with parasites and other hideous things.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 28, 2024 7:27:08 GMT -5
The first thing I thought of was maybe that white area is a hunk of bone that the animal ate? Good guess but because of many other specimens with these features I've been able to put together numerous clues with some detective work and form an accurate hypothesis. On the above specimen you can see the ghost of a wood limb in the middle that's rather large. The growth rings aren't really well defined, but you can see the radial cracks emanating from the center typical of a limb. OK, that's one part of the story. The second part is that white structure. Detailed somewhere in the previous 162 pages of this thread we've been able to determine that anomalies like this are the burrows of dung beetle larvae that are filled with the excrement of the larva. Fossilized poo inside fossilized poo. It's interesting to note that the limb was not totally digested, and the larva deflected around the contour of the limb in its burrowing endeavor.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 28, 2024 7:10:20 GMT -5
That's beautiful and interesting. Do you have more that you are working on?
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 27, 2024 21:58:49 GMT -5
Thanks! Hounding Fairburns is still my favorite part of this hobby ... The quest of the rock stirs my soul. It IS my favorite part of this hobby too.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 27, 2024 13:36:45 GMT -5
I got mine too. Can't wait to dig into it.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 27, 2024 10:44:21 GMT -5
Dang Dave, that's good. It's taken me most of my life to learn this and I'm thankful it's late instead of never.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 27, 2024 10:39:31 GMT -5
i will take it if still avaiable It's yours. I'll send you a PM when I get off work this evening. Thanks
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 27, 2024 7:28:47 GMT -5
RWA3006 Randy, do you plan to offer slabs, too, for us saw challenged people? Tela, I have some in inventory but my saws are shut down now for the winter. If you have anything specific that you need let me know and I'll check. I have them stacked in 55 gallon steel drums out under the snow at the moment but when the weather clears in several weeks I could do some serious digging.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 27, 2024 7:11:47 GMT -5
UPDATE - PRICE CUT BY OVER HALF
$125 shipped
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 26, 2024 22:24:45 GMT -5
Patty, you're welcome to PM me to discuss anything you're looking for. I might have something for you. Killer prices and good material, as always. ”killer prices and good material” You’re a good man, charley brown. Well, maybe not that good, I have my own selfish motivation to do this. I'm now in my mid 60's and I recently realized I'll never live long enough to work on all the rocks I've picked up through the years. I decided I need to clear out some space and reduce the rock inventory so my loved ones won't hate my guts when I croak. I've seen what happens when old rockhounds leave mortality and it can be quite a problem. I really enjoyed picking up all those rocks and it's the hunt that I like the most, so it won't kill me to part with them this way. Why not? It's better than hoarding them like an old Scrooge. Besides, if I get rid enough of them it gives me an excuse to get out and search for more!
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 26, 2024 15:14:05 GMT -5
I guess I just don't stay up late enough ! Darn. Good score Chris! Patty Patty, you're welcome to PM me to discuss anything you're looking for. I might have something for you. Killer prices and good material, as always.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 26, 2024 11:08:01 GMT -5
So,... Who's going to interpret what we're seeing in the previous four photos? There's definitely a story being told there.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 26, 2024 6:59:52 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 26, 2024 6:59:15 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 26, 2024 6:58:30 GMT -5
TURD TUESDAY
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 25, 2024 22:27:23 GMT -5
I'll call dibs! Thanks for enabling me. Holy cow! You were so fast I didn't even finish posting all the photos. Thankyou.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 25, 2024 22:25:15 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 25, 2024 22:17:27 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 25, 2024 22:16:40 GMT -5
MFRB 25+ pounds of a combination of tumbling and cutting rough. Flint, jasper, agate, obsidian, Apache tears, some kind of crazy lace, and more. A 12" saw will handle all the cutters. Decent material, no junk.
$30 and I pay shipping.
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