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Post by cpdad on Dec 8, 2010 17:35:45 GMT -5
a friend brought these clumps of shells to me at the shop....they came out of massive holes that are being dug for 2 nuclear reactors going in near here...just a stones throw from the savannah river collecting site....they appear to be incased in clay...i can break the clumps apart by hand....and when i started cleaning up the one below....the stuff just turned to mud...the first 1 is about 10 inches long...and 4 inches wide....any clues on what kind of shell...and maybe age...kev. big clump washed broken dendritic piece top vug is only 3/16 long x 1/16high...all of this broken piece is full of crystals...it shows the layering of the shells back of layered piece other clumps
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Post by texaswoodie on Dec 8, 2010 18:22:32 GMT -5
I think some kind of oyster Kev. You'll have to look at a geologic map to determine age.
Curt
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 10, 2010 17:16:36 GMT -5
Yes,they are prehistoric oyster shells.Nice ones I might add...............
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garock
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Post by garock on Dec 10, 2010 18:28:32 GMT -5
mr Kev, a few miles north of the agate location is an area known as shell bluff. My wife and another collector found some very nice shells near the Savannah river. They glowed a light green under a black light. Very cool looking !!!! Wish I could find a giant fossil pearl !!
Frankie
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chromenut
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Post by chromenut on Dec 10, 2010 18:48:54 GMT -5
The scientific name is:
Thalassicus Cochlea Grandis Asinarius
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in English, Big Ass Sea Snail.....
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rockingthenorth
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Post by rockingthenorth on Feb 28, 2012 17:29:21 GMT -5
Awesome and cool shells
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Feb 28, 2012 19:06:24 GMT -5
great find!
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