The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on May 31, 2013 19:34:20 GMT -5
very cool... I have a couple boxes of minerals, recently acquired, but I need to ID most of them first then I will be posting like crazy !!!! and a few fossils too!!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 6, 2013 22:50:58 GMT -5
A couple more Bolivian trilobites came today. These will be the last for a while. I just spent way too much on extruded aluminum pieces to build my fossil / mineral prep bench. Gotta get caught up with paypal before I do any more ordering of fossils. First is an enrolled specimen of Pennaia verneuili. It is called enrolled because most trilobites were able to role into a tight ball as a defense against critters trying to eat them.  Next is a very rare Vagesina lacunafera.  |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 7, 2013 9:34:51 GMT -5
Awesome collection going on Don...Thumbs up..
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 7, 2013 22:30:21 GMT -5
Hey Mike, I'll start a new thread when my prep bench parts get here. Sort of a step by step of the build. With the slotted aluminum extrusions I'll be able to add or remove just about anything from it with just an Allen wrench. Gonna cost way more than I intended to spend for a prep bench, but when I croak, someone will inherit one heck of a nice bench.
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Post by gingerkid on Jun 9, 2013 11:59:53 GMT -5
Wow, very nice trilobyte collection and reference book, Don! I love the 'enrolled' specimen!! Have you posted any pics of the glass bookshelves on the forum? Would like to see it (with specimens   ) |
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 9, 2013 12:15:30 GMT -5
Wow, very nice trilobyte collection and reference book, Don! I love the 'enrolled' specimen!! Have you posted any pics of the glass bookshelves on the forum? Would like to see it (with specimens ) Jan, I'm still waiting on the antique bookcase to be shipped from South Carolina. After it gets here, I'm gonna strip 100 years of old furniture wax off of it before I assemble it. Pics will be posted once I get it together and filled. I'm still trying to figure out where I'm going to put it, and how I'm going to explain it to my wife. LOL |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 10, 2013 8:51:59 GMT -5
The trilobytes are great.A classic among fossils.Never knew there was such a variety.I like seeing the new entries.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 10, 2013 9:27:11 GMT -5
Hey James, there are over 20,000 different known varieties of trilobites. Wish I could own one of each, but that will never happen. lol
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 10, 2013 9:35:14 GMT -5
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 10, 2013 10:55:44 GMT -5
Wow, very nice trilobyte collection and reference book, Don! I love the 'enrolled' specimen!! Have you posted any pics of the glass bookshelves on the forum? Would like to see it (with specimens ) Jan, I'm still waiting on the antique bookcase to be shipped from South Carolina. After it gets here, I'm gonna strip 100 years of old furniture wax off of it before I assemble it. Pics will be posted once I get it together and filled. I'm still trying to figure out where I'm going to put it, and how I'm going to explain it to my wife. LOL Don,all in all I bet your wife is cool about your collection....Just like my wife and I on my stuff,theres a compromise between us..It works..LOL THumbs up |
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 10, 2013 11:31:05 GMT -5
Hey Mike, the wife doesn't know about the bookcase yet. I guess as long as she has an entire spare bedroom for her sewing room, I'll get away with it. Just hope she doesn't see how much it cost.
The bookcase is finally shipping today in 6 boxes.
The trilobites are all going into Riker display boxes. I'm in the process of ordering materials to build a storage rack for them.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 11, 2013 23:59:15 GMT -5
Did a little more cleaning on the shell on page 8. The pyrite cast is really starting to show. I'm almost afraid to go any further with the cleaning. I'm afraid I might loose some details.  |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 12, 2013 14:27:12 GMT -5
Yuppers,it don't take much to clean or grind away parts on a fossil...I have many in the bone pile because of that-LOL..Lookin' good Don...
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 5, 2013 15:32:00 GMT -5
Received a couple new fossils from a friend today. A nice big enrolled trilobite, and a small coral head. Need to hit the books to ID the trilobite.   |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 7, 2013 20:15:27 GMT -5
How big is that little coral Don?
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 7, 2013 20:19:25 GMT -5
About 2-1/2" diameter X 1-1/4" thick. It's not a silica replacement. more of a chalky material. Don't want to do too much cleaning since it's so soft. I may just give it an overnight bleach soak and brush it off with a soft paint brush.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 8, 2013 7:22:57 GMT -5
I ask because of the small polyps. And the tiny size of the complete head. It is great as it sits.
The silicified coral type here is deceptive in that a coral head the size of a basketball may be like an apartment building and have say 4 stories
and then a bunch of separate rooms on each level. But some rooms may be 2 or 3 or 4 stories tall.So when the whole thing silicifies,
it often breaks apart and the colony is separated into many wedge shaped individual corals. These small corals end up as river bottom gravel.
And almost all of them are not there original shape but the shape of the portion that silicified if that makes sense to ya.
That looks like a single complete and very small coral head and would be uncommon in my area.
I need to send little specimens to you when i find them or set them aside for you.
Once in a while i will find a round(whole) coral head about 3 inches. Odd, there is mass coral everywhere but few other fossils. Oysters mostly.
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 8, 2013 9:24:23 GMT -5
Had the head soaking in bleach water over night. It's cleaning up real nice. I need to rinse it off and let it soak in clean water for a couple hours, then will post a new pic.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 8, 2013 10:23:29 GMT -5
Awesome! Thumbs up..............
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 8, 2013 17:47:58 GMT -5
Same coral as yesterday, before and after 12 hour bleach soak.  |
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