Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 27, 2014 15:40:10 GMT -5
My fav. Ammonite was in the Larson brothers Dino museum in SD,I'll find the photo and post it.... It's freakin' awesome!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 27, 2014 16:37:19 GMT -5
Here it is...From the Black Hills Institute...
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panamark
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Post by panamark on Jun 27, 2014 18:47:46 GMT -5
The textures on that shell are fabulous
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Jun 27, 2014 22:56:36 GMT -5
We found this one at a rock pit near Seneca, OR on 7-7-07, thanks to a fortunate rock break by a Cat blade. Est. 35m yrs. old. Paleontologist friend said it is a very early form of ammonite.
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rattlehead
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Post by rattlehead on Jul 14, 2014 18:16:02 GMT -5
thats awesome. My Grandfather got me into rocks when I was in grade school. I'm hoping to pass it along some day too.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 16, 2014 9:38:01 GMT -5
thats awesome. My Grandfather got me into rocks when I was in grade school. I'm hoping to pass it along some day too. That's about the same time frame,my Uncles got me into fossils and Montana agates,while living in Montana....I taught my kids,now I'm teaching my grandkids..
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Post by mohs on Aug 27, 2014 15:53:24 GMT -5
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Aug 30, 2014 1:54:04 GMT -5
A lot of good info on this thread. Learn something new all the time. A couple from my collection I would like to show you. First one ammonite , and the other a slab of ammolite from Canada.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 30, 2014 9:08:34 GMT -5
Spiritstone,that ammolite is killer cool!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 16:34:47 GMT -5
Real?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 16:37:08 GMT -5
holy smokes!?!??! I had no clue................
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Aug 30, 2014 19:56:20 GMT -5
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