Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 5, 2008 11:10:15 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Well, colder than I'm used to this morning so again, no cedar cutting for this ole boy. decided to finish unpacking some of my fossils instead and took a few pics. Some y'all may have seen before, some not. Anyway, thanks for looking.....Mel First off some slabs I cut from material from my favorite Texas fossil location, the C.B. Lambert ranch over San Saba way: Black limestone with crinoids: The strawberry pink with crinoids and brachiopods: Brown bed crinoidal limestone: Opalized crinoidal limestone, the toughest to cut and work: Black and golden brown, one with a flattened shell and the other with a criniod spaceship *S*: Couple of limestone slabs with horn coral and bryozoans? from rough I swapped from one of our members. I love these fossil slabs they're like moments frozen in time. And finally, I'm reminded of that oft used pickup line in redneck bars, " Nice tooth!" here are a few finds I dug from the famous Sharktooth Hill location near Bakersfield , Calif. Run of the mill Mako Shark teeth averaging about one inch and about 21 million years old. And a tooth from the shark y'all never want to meet while swimming, next to a one inch plus Mako tooth.
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Post by bobby1 on Dec 5, 2008 11:23:09 GMT -5
I love the star in the first picture, bottom slice, upper right corner. It is perfect! It is truly a miracle that these fossils survived so many millions of years with the forces of nature trying to destroy them. Great pieces and pictures! Bob
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Post by texaswoodie on Dec 5, 2008 11:53:42 GMT -5
Now you're talkin'! I do love fossils. Man, would I ever love to have one of those Megladon teeth!
Curt
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Dec 5, 2008 12:34:06 GMT -5
I like fossils too, I have small sphere with crinoids like the ones you posted in the 1st pic. Thank you for posting. That shark tooth is impressive.
Adrian
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Dec 5, 2008 13:25:19 GMT -5
Nice stuff Mel!
I've been cleaning up my Ordovician fossils from Caesar Creek State Park north of Cincinnati, OH. I may try cutting some of it, but most of it seems too sandy to polish.
That definitely looks like a horn coral with the bryozoans.
Chuck
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Post by frane on Dec 5, 2008 18:54:32 GMT -5
I love looking at fossils and you do a great job of teaching us about them. Thank you! Fran
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 5, 2008 22:24:38 GMT -5
It's amazing that the megalodon tooth is still serrated, nice!
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Post by Tonyterner on Dec 5, 2008 22:50:56 GMT -5
Mel I look so forward to your posts. The materials you post are so beautiful and your photography is top notch. I couldn't pick a favorite.
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Post by Bejewelme on Dec 5, 2008 23:29:37 GMT -5
Mel, I love seeing your collections, the lace was great, and these fossils?? Very cool, how interesting, you are such a wealth of knowledge.
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Post by 49er on Dec 5, 2008 23:47:16 GMT -5
Interesting slabs. The Black limestone with crinoids looks like petrified bullets or threads.
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Post by NatureNut on Dec 6, 2008 0:41:18 GMT -5
I think I saw pac-man in the first fossil, he's got big teeth. LOL. These are fascinating. Jo
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Post by sitnwrap on Dec 6, 2008 1:16:24 GMT -5
Just knowing how old they all are creates fascination for me. These are great pics and fun to view. I also noticed the well defined edge of the huge shark tooth. I guess it just goes to show just how durable those choppers really are.
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Post by DeanW on Dec 6, 2008 4:12:27 GMT -5
And a tooth from the shark y'all never want to meet while swimming, next to a one inch plus Mako tooth. Hey Tony! (nephrite) I bet you hope to never meets that ones cousin! ;D Dean
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 6, 2008 9:49:14 GMT -5
Thanks for all the kind comments friends! I'm not really a fossil guy but am still fascinated when I go out and find some. It is amazing how well some of these animal remains make it through the eons virtually intact.
Re: the Meg tooth. The day before I dug that specimen, a guy digging under that same bank (one of the reasons the site was closed was a guy was killed digging under a bank which collapsed. Never never do that!) found seven black meg teeth that dwarfed this 5+ incher. They were upper jaw middle teeth and went about 7 inches and were perfect. Then another dig day my buddy and I took a total novice out, a monster of a guy, and we were digging in sandstone so hard it was hard to even knock out a hunk big enough for a tiny tooth. Well, he just walks up with a big ole pick, takes one whack at the wall, knocks out one hunk of sandstone maybe ten inches across and picks it up to reveal the best, most perfect, 5" purplish colored Meg tooth I've ever seen. Never even seen one that color before! He, of course, turns and smiles and says, "Hey, I thought you guys said digging these big teeth was hard". Last time I saw him he was still carrying that tooth around in his pickup mounted in a mirror box just to taunt us. *L*.....Mel
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Post by Wolfden on Dec 6, 2008 10:26:35 GMT -5
Wow Mel .. you have an incredible array of goodies Thanks so much for sharing
Dennis
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Post by catmandewe on Dec 6, 2008 11:07:16 GMT -5
Wow Mel, those are some cool fossils, and that big ole sharks tooth is waaaay cool! I really like the patterns that the fossils make in the slabs. Thanks for sharing, I almost missed fossil day!
Tony
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Post by beefjello on Dec 8, 2008 20:09:19 GMT -5
Great stuff Mel! The crinoid limestones really knock my socks off. The bryozoans too, very cool!
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