jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 24, 2013 18:49:11 GMT -5
Some taxing bodies do not tax a greenhouse.That's where i keep most of my rocks and it's warm on sunny 20 degree days,great light,hellacious photos,no leaves and cheap.Slap a shade cloth over in summer
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 24, 2013 19:22:52 GMT -5
LOL, I had an 8' X 12' greenhouse until a couple years ago when a small tornado cut through the field just west of us. I found polycarbonate panels a half mile away.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 25, 2013 4:02:45 GMT -5
Moog subject,oh well.Hope you were not in it.
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 25, 2013 22:15:48 GMT -5
200 + pages of valuable information arrived in todays mail. 4 more books are headed this way.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 27, 2013 9:47:46 GMT -5
And another addition to my ever growing fossil library arrived yesterday. This one has already helped to identify a Michigan fossil.  |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 27, 2013 11:07:14 GMT -5
At the local rock show here a Palo. had a display of craps on his table...So cool,yet so freakin' expensive!!!
I want to find one,so bad...LOL
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 27, 2013 17:55:35 GMT -5
Crabs are not easy to find in Florida.Not in that nice condition
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 27, 2013 17:59:19 GMT -5
I've seen several on an ebay fossil site, but they ain't cheap.
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 27, 2013 20:27:20 GMT -5
It's here !! The holy Invertebrate Bible. Index Fossils of North America by Shimer & Shrock. 837 pages of valuable fossil information.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on May 2, 2013 17:27:38 GMT -5
Experiment in progress. I received these and several other fossils from Rob - Juggler Guy a while back. The shells were partially encrusted with a gray clay type shale. I've found that by soaking the pieces over night in water, then freezing them, the shale will start to loosen. These have gone through 5 cycles of freeze, thaw, clean and refreeze. Preliminary ID is Atrypa Spiriferida, (Lamp Shell) from the Potter Farm shale formation, Alpena Co., Michigan.  |
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Post by Jugglerguy on May 2, 2013 20:33:27 GMT -5
Those look great, Don! I have to get out this weekend and pick some more up. Now you've got me wanting to clean some up.
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Post by jakesrocks on May 2, 2013 20:38:19 GMT -5
The freeze / thaw thing really does work with this type of matrix, but it's a slow process. I may try soda blasting a couple, just to see if the shells are hard enough to take it.
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Post by jakesrocks on May 9, 2013 17:58:22 GMT -5
New addition to my growing trilobite family. Modocia brevispina. -- Wheeler Shale Formation. -- House Range, Western Utah.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on May 13, 2013 22:21:50 GMT -5
A new reference book arrived today. Written by a person who collected his first trilobite at age 14, and has spent the last 30 + years collecting and studying them.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on May 23, 2013 14:23:09 GMT -5
The first 2 of my Bolivian Trilobites finally arrived today.   |
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Post by jakesrocks on May 24, 2013 17:46:38 GMT -5
Got a gift in the mail today from one of my western South Dakota friends. A Neospirifer from the Pierre Shale in South Dakota. It measures 1.425" across the shell. It still needs a little shale removed, and a good cleaning with my little soda blaster. Pics are very slightly larger than actual size.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on May 27, 2013 23:32:27 GMT -5
Same shell mostly cleaned. Needs touch up with soda blaster yet.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on May 29, 2013 22:48:23 GMT -5
Woo Hoo ! I'll soon be able to display my fossils and fossil books properly. I just ordered an antique 4 shelf barristers bookcase with lift up glass doors and a small drawer in the base. Gonna be nice to be able to pull all of my fossils out of their boxes and wrappings.
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Post by jakesrocks on May 30, 2013 18:13:33 GMT -5
Bolivian Trilobites that arrived today.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on May 31, 2013 18:42:51 GMT -5
Tools of the trade when working on fossils. I scored these 22 used dental pics on ebay. They are surgical stainless steel. They can be heated and be re bent to the shapes needed, and can be resharpened many times over.  |
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