RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 5, 2024 6:46:52 GMT -5
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Post by liveoak on Apr 5, 2024 7:57:33 GMT -5
Coperlite is amazing stuff.
I'd probably have walked right past that boring looking rock or kicked it, and yet when you cut it open it's beautiful.
Pretty cool.
Patty
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agatewhisperer
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Post by agatewhisperer on Apr 7, 2024 11:51:02 GMT -5
Coperlite is amazing stuff. I'd probably have walked right past that boring looking rock or kicked it, and yet when you cut it open it's beautiful. Pretty cool. Patty I agree. Would not have expected that! |
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 9, 2024 6:45:03 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 9, 2024 7:56:45 GMT -5
Very nice!!
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Post by 1dave on Apr 9, 2024 8:07:10 GMT -5
Do you think dung Beetles find and follow the weak lines between lumps as they navigate through the dung? Is there a difference between those that roll the balls to distant locations, and those that choose to stay and live inside the dung?  |
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Post by chris1956 on Apr 9, 2024 8:41:04 GMT -5
That is spectacular!
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 9, 2024 11:08:45 GMT -5
Do you think dung Beetles find and follow the weak lines between lumps as they navigate through the dung? Is there a difference between those that roll the balls to distant locations, and those that choose to stay and live inside the dung? Just personal opinion to the two questions: yes and yes. I think it's a common tendency in nature to follow the path of least resistance unless there's some kind of a motivator to take a more rigorous course. I've read that by the time most dinosaurs were in existence there were many species of dung beetles. Parasites too, for that matter. |
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hplcman
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Post by hplcman on Apr 9, 2024 15:26:19 GMT -5
Tuesdays are one of my favorite days now.
Because of turds.
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dillonf
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by dillonf on Apr 9, 2024 18:59:14 GMT -5
Those coprolites are the shit!
Once again amazing specimens!
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wargrafix
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Post by wargrafix on Apr 10, 2024 10:42:07 GMT -5
Dinosaurs would fit in today.
*Dinosaur takes a dump*
"Boy, I am sure if I packaged this I could sell it for a million dollars!"
Or worse.. a Dinosaur swallow the engagement ring and someone cutting a coprolite millions of years later finds it
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 10, 2024 14:01:54 GMT -5
I posted this in the Cabochon thread earlier with the title Crappy Cabs, but I think it's appropriate to post it here too. These are some bolo/bola tie cabs I cut from material Randy RWA3006 kindly sent to me. It's interesting material to cut. I still haven't perfected the polish but I'm experimenting with a variety of techniques and hopefully I'll eventually find the key. It undercuts slightly, especially on flat surfaces like the cab backs. Or at least it did for me. Thanks for looking.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 10, 2024 14:12:58 GMT -5
Those are BEAUTIFUL cabs! And Randy out did himself sending you those piles of crap.  |
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wargrafix
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Post by wargrafix on Apr 10, 2024 16:00:48 GMT -5
Those are BEAUTIFUL cabs! And Randy out did himself sending you those piles of crap. Wait...would saying these are pretty crappy be a compliment in this case?  ? Those are really nice cabs! |
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 10, 2024 19:16:46 GMT -5
I posted this in the Cabochon thread earlier with the title Crappy Cabs, but I think it's appropriate to post it here too. These are some bolo/bola tie cabs I cut from material Randy RWA3006 kindly sent to me. It's interesting material to cut. I still haven't perfected the polish but I'm experimenting with a variety of techniques and hopefully I'll eventually find the key. It undercuts slightly, especially on flat surfaces like the cab backs. Or at least it did for me. Thanks for looking. Wow, those are beautiful. Thanks for posting them here and I think you really did justice to the material. |
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 11, 2024 13:38:31 GMT -5
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Post by RickB on Apr 11, 2024 17:36:34 GMT -5
The edges of the rocks in photos 2 and 3 have that classic side to side stitching pattern that is done to reduce a
piece of rock down to a biface. I'm surprised that you haven't found any points or tools.
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 11, 2024 21:30:55 GMT -5
The edges of the rocks in photos 2 and 3 have that classic side to side stitching pattern that is done to reduce a piece of rock down to a biface. I'm surprised that you haven't found any points or tools. I find a lot of flakes, cores, and cast off broken pieces but I've never found any whole implements. strange. |
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Post by RickB on Apr 12, 2024 7:00:37 GMT -5
The edges of the rocks in photos 2 and 3 have that classic side to side stitching pattern that is done to reduce a piece of rock down to a biface. I'm surprised that you haven't found any points or tools. I find a lot of flakes, cores, and cast off broken pieces but I've never found any whole implements. strange. I would think that that area would qualify to be what is considered a quarry where quality rock is found and reduced for easier transportation. Most of the broken points you've found may have been broken during the production process. The reduced rock would then be brought back to a campsite where it would be further refined into finished points and tools. Search for the nearest area where water could be found either all year or part of the year. That would most likely be were the bifaces would be finished for use. |
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 12, 2024 8:51:43 GMT -5
I find a lot of flakes, cores, and cast off broken pieces but I've never found any whole implements. strange. I would think that that area would qualify to be what is considered a quarry where quality rock is found and reduced for easier transportation. Most of the broken points you've found may have been broken during the production process. The reduced rock would then be brought back to a campsite where it would be further refined into finished points and tools. Search for the nearest area where water could be found either all year or part of the year. That would most likely be were the bifaces would be finished for use. You're exactly right Rick. My wife corrected me by reminding me that we had indeed found a couple of points at a small spring about a mile away from one of the best coprolite sites. One point was pet wood and the other coprolite. Both were almost completed but had snapped in half during the last part of the knapping process and discarded. |
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Maybe you can post some pictures here