Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 28, 2021 10:03:38 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 28, 2021 10:18:43 GMT -5
That's a really nice death plate!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 28, 2021 10:19:29 GMT -5
Great specimen!!!
Good to see you!!
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rockhoundoz
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rockhoundoz on Jan 28, 2021 11:15:45 GMT -5
Cool looking plate, the shells look very densely packed in 👍.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 28, 2021 11:25:57 GMT -5
That's a beauty Mel......
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 28, 2021 11:50:33 GMT -5
Thanks guys, Sorry for the large picture size. I've had two cameras with issues lately and had to buy a new one that I am still learning my way around. Guess it takes huge pics so I will have to resize everything. Between that and the horses, I've not had much rock time but I hope to spend a bit more time on rocks now. Have been getting a little more Rio Grande material and some nice George West wood too so hope to post some for sale again soon along with some other stuff I've been cleaning out of my shop.
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Post by aDave on Jan 28, 2021 11:53:55 GMT -5
That's a great specimen Sabre52, and it's nice to see you pop in. Your rock knowledge is missed. |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 28, 2021 11:58:43 GMT -5
Jadedvision. The Texas Turritella here on the ranch is not agatized, it's limestone and doesn't show a lot of contrast. It's more like the New Mexico material. I've cut a couple of slabs just to test it out because there is quite a lot of it, but to me, it doesn't look like great cab material. Don't think it will polish as well as the high silica limestone "Texas Toenails" from the Rio Grande. Mostly interesting as specimens. I do find nice agatized stuff from the Rio grande gravel but my wife snatches all those for her flower beds *L*. I'll have to post a pic of one of the hunks she claimed...Mel
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 28, 2021 15:53:49 GMT -5
Actually there are a number of gastropods folks label as Turritella. Te Wamsutter , WY material is actually Goniobasis, a brackish water snail, kind of a salt marsh species. I think this particular one may actually be a Turritella sp. because around here it's all lower Cretaceous seabed but we also have a lot of Cerethiumn sp. and Mesalia sp. with the Cerethium sometimes being quite large. The shells themselves are silica replaced and I love the way the acidic water often etches the limestone away from the shells.....Mel
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 29, 2021 0:02:32 GMT -5
Mel, that's stunning. I've got a couple versions of Turritella. I have no idea what their origins are. I'll really have to do some checking now...
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Post by stephan on Jan 29, 2021 0:46:30 GMT -5
Good to see you back, Mel
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rockhoundoz
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Post by rockhoundoz on Jan 29, 2021 18:12:22 GMT -5
Here's a soft/limestone snail death plate from my yard in Kentucky. Ordovician rocks, not totally sure of ID maybe Hormotoma. Basically most of our native rock here is Ordovician death plates, but mostly bryozoans & brachiopods.  |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 29, 2021 20:05:46 GMT -5
Nice. I have to go over San Saba way too get into the older rocks.
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rockhoundoz
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Post by rockhoundoz on Jan 29, 2021 23:08:55 GMT -5
& I'm always leaving my old rocks here at home in search of those 350million year old 'spring chickens' 😅
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teas turritella by lonerider652000, on Flickr
