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Post by jamesp on Nov 29, 2013 7:02:15 GMT -5
Found in a tiny creek in north Florida. Been tumbling to remove coating so grading can be done. Close up of oyster. Some these can be heat treated with good color results  Running about 35 pounds of this silicified hodge podge    More skin to remove. They are silicified though. If no silicification is showing at this point they are rejected.  coral mixed in with the oysters  Silicified mangrove root castings. Growing with the oysters and the coral as they do today...  Oyster. some weighed a pound.  Oyster with sponge attack. This stuff is a cool gemstone when finished.  I have no idea. A lot of stuff was unknown. Also found lots of pottery and heat treated coral chips from the ancients  Please enjoy. Got more photos to add to this. Gotta get in the deer stand, 18F and getting ready to get cold shock!! |
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Post by grayfingers on Nov 29, 2013 10:31:33 GMT -5
Thoroughly enjoyed indeed. Very cool oysters, interesting that they are varied in color too! Never seen agatized mangrove root before.
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 29, 2013 10:47:03 GMT -5
What can I say buddy,but HOLY TOLEDO !!!!!! Those are totally cool....
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Post by jamesp on Nov 29, 2013 11:39:31 GMT -5
The mangrove has no structure so it should be a cast. The oysters took show layers and took on the same colored silica as the coral in about half of them. The other half a kinda colorless.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 29, 2013 11:52:40 GMT -5
This is the target oysters that i am after. Sponge holes look cool.  Cool cross section of oyster. Will look better when heated  Another. This has few minerals so heat will do little except turn it cloudy white  |
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Post by Thunder69 on Nov 29, 2013 11:55:31 GMT -5
That is just awesome...John
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Post by carloscinco on Nov 29, 2013 11:56:39 GMT -5
Those are some very cool finds,James. Quite thought provoking. I never considered that the oyster shell would silicify but, if coral can do it I guess shell will too. Great stuff.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 29, 2013 12:44:02 GMT -5
Thank you John. With all the palm. There was more oddities silicified at this creek. Like variation Carlos. This is the little creek. A highlad knoll probably covered w/coral, oysters, mangrove and other critters.   |
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Post by quartz on Nov 29, 2013 15:04:07 GMT -5
You sure come up with some nice stuff, always fun too see. Thanks, Larry
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Post by jamesp on Nov 29, 2013 15:14:26 GMT -5
Oh Larry, those are the mangrove casts. They are not much lest they go wild from heat treatment. Just a total cast.
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Post by grizman on Nov 29, 2013 15:14:47 GMT -5
I am always amazed to see what Mother Nature has let us see our our past. Those are truly collectables, that's for sure. Thanks for finding, collecting, and sharing with the rest of us!
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Post by jamesp on Nov 29, 2013 16:12:56 GMT -5
If a collection was made i would do a world tour griz. Guess I'll have to settle wih Florida for now.LOL.
By the way there is a chance i like showing off.....
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Post by pghram on Dec 2, 2013 12:32:13 GMT -5
More cool stuff, thanks.
Rich
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2013 19:46:06 GMT -5
this is epic.
Really epic.
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Post by jcinpc on Dec 4, 2013 20:47:55 GMT -5
we have a site we dig coral that produced some big agatized clamshell type things and my buddy who knaps made some awesome points from them
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Post by jamesp on Dec 5, 2013 9:17:52 GMT -5
we have a site we dig coral that produced some big agatized clamshell type things and my buddy who knaps made some awesome points from them That would be as good as it gets. I am always looking for silicifications of any shell, conch ,snail. Got pics? These oysters cook right along w/coral. I found big oysters but they were not going to give enough size to knap much but bird points. I was curious if big clams and oysters existed. |
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