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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 3, 2024 9:24:48 GMT -5
From what I've heard on some podcasts speaking about AI it appears the advancement is breathtaking and our world is about to be changed in a big way. I suspect that AI will be like many other human inventions, it will make into a wonderful servant but a terrible master. I'll be really impressed if it can forecast the weather accurately and consistently beyond a week out. Maybe the weatherman will improve his forecasts.
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 2, 2024 6:59:29 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 1, 2024 7:01:22 GMT -5
That's a beauty! I'm thinking of all the cab fitting that went into that piece, amazing craftsmanship. But I bet with all that gold, it must be a little heavy to wear. Patty Yes, it is actually fairly heavy being that it's solid gold all the way to the back of the buckle.
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 1, 2024 6:59:54 GMT -5
Are those six outer sections all gembone? WOW!! Yes, they are. It came from material he hounded near Moab back in the 1960's.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 31, 2024 21:53:08 GMT -5
Here's a belt buckle of gem bone and solid gold my old-timer pal made many years ago. The center is gem petrified wood.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 31, 2024 10:51:46 GMT -5
It is a happy Easter. There's so much that is good and right in this world to be grateful for.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 30, 2024 21:48:52 GMT -5
Here's a good example of a trail of larvae dung left in a tunnel in this coprolite slab. It's not brightly colored like many specimens but the structure is almost unmistakable.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 30, 2024 17:13:48 GMT -5
I am sure this has been said before. You are the master of petrified poo! Haha, what an honorary title! Actually I think Dr. Karen Chin is the rightfull owner of the honor.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 30, 2024 17:06:24 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 30, 2024 17:02:22 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 30, 2024 16:58:23 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 30, 2024 16:39:20 GMT -5
Ok, here's a cross section of some petrified wood from Wyoming's Blue Forest. Note the insect bore holes packed with petrified poo.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 30, 2024 16:36:05 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 29, 2024 19:18:53 GMT -5
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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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