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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 22:09:51 GMT -5
what? nobody has posted a single coprolite. Now someone has... Part of what I got yesterday at a living estate rock sale. How d'ya like them turds? Soon I will be cuttin' the crap, literally. Lee I hear if you cut with water you can smell the origin of the fossil. Thanks Lee. I needed that! ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 18, 2013 22:32:06 GMT -5
You can smell when you cut a fossil, even if you are using mineral oil for lubricant.
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 18, 2013 22:35:30 GMT -5
You can smell when you cut a fossil, even if you are using mineral oil for lubricant. Sure can. Dino bone has a very strong and not too pleasant odor even if it's well silicified. It's a little unnerving to realize that "old bones" still are decomposing. I sent a few pieces to a friend in Sweden who didn't believe me when I told him about it. He's a believer now.
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 18, 2013 22:36:41 GMT -5
You can smell when you cut a fossil, even if you are using mineral oil for lubricant. Sure can. Dino bone has a very strong and not too pleasant odor even if it's well silicified. It's a little unnerving to realize that "old bones" are still decomposing. I sent a few pieces to a friend in Sweden who didn't believe me when I told him about it. He's a believer now.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 18, 2013 22:57:01 GMT -5
Not just dino bone, Rick. My experience is any type of fossil - corals, spongs, clams, etc. They all cut with a distinctive "hydrocarbon" smell.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 18, 2013 23:30:28 GMT -5
When I am digging corals I get a smell. The same smell over a 400 mile territory.
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 18, 2013 23:34:49 GMT -5
Ye, I was agreeing with your general comment and focusing on dino bone. I've cut many fossillized materials with the same reaction. One exception may be the fossilized whale bone I used to collect near San Luis Obispo. I have a bunch of uncut pieces and may cut a cab to see what happens. I've cut some in the past and don't recall any particular odors. But maybe I just wasn't paying attention.
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Post by Rockoonz on Aug 19, 2013 0:42:49 GMT -5
Is it illegal to collect coprolites like it is illegal to collect dino bone in certain areas? That red is like from a bleeding ulcer just kidding. That is a fine rock. From my reading of the law only vertabrate fossils taken from public land after a certain date are illegal without the proper permits. Smaller fish fossils are also ok to collect. If it's legal to be there and dig coprolites are fair game anywhere. I love that bright red too. Lee
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2013 8:16:50 GMT -5
Well, attractive material like bone and that grade of coprolite will tempt people into illegal activity.
Just because that is coprolite, well, if I saw it on the other side of the fence I would probably look both ways and jump the fence.
Vertebrates require cheap permit, inverts are fair pickins over here unless it is in a waterway with water quality protection.
And many collectors do tear the banks down causing damaging erosion. Supposed to collect from the channel where solids have washed
out of the banks naturally. The way they should collect.
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