RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 23, 2019 11:04:45 GMT -5
1dave I have a fair amount of gemmy coprolite from Southern Utah. Would that qualify?
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 23, 2019 11:07:53 GMT -5
What about the Virgin Valley opal? I found some wood and even a pine cone from the Royal Peacock mine that had opalized.
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 23, 2019 11:12:21 GMT -5
I thought of another one. Fossilized ivory such as mammoth tusk. My buddy has a fossilized oosik that might be ivory. He says he'll club his daughters boyfriends with it if they bring the girls home too late.
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Post by fishnpinball on Mar 23, 2019 11:15:04 GMT -5
I have seen some stromatolite that worked up nicely. Add in turitella agate.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 23, 2019 11:36:10 GMT -5
1dave I have a fair amount of gemmy coprolite from Southern Utah. Would that qualify? Remember on RTH, No Photos = it does not exist.    |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2019 13:52:17 GMT -5
OK, here are a few... 
Echo Mt. Stone (pyroclastic wood cast, Modoc County, California)
fossil fish (Green River Formation, Wyoming)
fossil horsetail reed (Mitchell, Oregon)
  
prehistoric horse tooth (Bone Valley, Florida - last one polished cross section)
 
fossil leaves (Mitchell, Oregon)
petrified Metasequoia cone (Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota)
 
petrified sycamore wood with distinctive cambium (Post, Oregon); sycamore cabs (Post, Oregon; Sweet Home, Oregon)Not sure whether this qualifies, but hard as rock with a few stray hairs and once considered a precious gem. Maybe a fossil-in-the-making...  bezoar stone |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2019 17:28:09 GMT -5
Gotta get me some amber - saw an ant in the house this morning that might be better off immortalized in stone  |
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 23, 2019 18:29:31 GMT -5
1dave I have a fair amount of gemmy coprolite from Southern Utah. Would that qualify? Remember on RTH, No Photos = it does not exist. 1dave You, sir, are a provocateur! Guess I better dig for my photos. Somewhere??? |
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Post by greig on Mar 23, 2019 18:31:22 GMT -5
I would think a picture of me covered in skitters when rockhounding might qualify as "bugs on a fossil".
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Post by 1dave on Mar 23, 2019 18:40:30 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 13:38:57 GMT -5
These also polish up nicely for gems...  fossil enchinoderm (urchins and starfish) from Baja California |
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 24, 2019 14:12:16 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 16:17:54 GMT -5
Inspired by the articles 1dave posted on the Silver Reef, I went searching a couple of months ago for metal-replaced wood. Nothing from the Silver Reef formation, but I did find conifer wood replaced by silver and copper from northern New Mexico. Heavy stuff. Not going to cut the pieces I bought, but though some of it is fragile, other parts are solid metal and might be gem-worthy... |
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 24, 2019 16:28:08 GMT -5
1dave What about jet? Dave, didn't you post an article about mining jet somewhere South of Hanksville?
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Post by 1dave on Mar 24, 2019 19:21:53 GMT -5
Inspired by the articles 1dave posted on the Silver Reef, I went searching a couple of months ago for metal-replaced wood. Nothing from the Silver Reef formation, but I did find conifer wood replaced by silver and copper from northern New Mexico. Heavy stuff. Not going to cut the pieces I bought, but though some of it is fragile, other parts are solid metal and might be gem-worthy... That is a notable find! Thanks for sharing! |
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Post by jimaz on Mar 24, 2019 19:25:16 GMT -5
Nice fire in the opal. Always been one of my favorite stones.
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 25, 2019 10:31:47 GMT -5
I will post a few, later on... Don't want to fill a few pages up (hahahaha)… Hoping to go Ammolite hounding this summer in Montana... ( My Uncle's hiding spot)..Told me to tell nobody where it's at... HOTDOG, I can't wait!!! Not mine, but these will be the ones, he was talking about....(mostly pieces, but that's fine with me.... (cabbing material)  |
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 25, 2019 10:33:32 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on Mar 25, 2019 10:52:07 GMT -5
I will post a few, later on... Don't want to fill a few pages up (hahahaha)… Hoping to go Ammolite hounding this summer in Montana... ( My Uncle's hiding spot)..Told me to tell nobody where it's at... HOTDOG, I can't wait!!! Me Too!   |
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