RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on May 9, 2023 6:51:18 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on May 9, 2023 9:20:06 GMT -5
You now have enough material for a Coffee Table Book!
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Post by agatewhisperer on May 9, 2023 18:18:02 GMT -5
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on May 9, 2023 19:48:27 GMT -5
You now have enough material for a Coffee Table Book! Coincidence you'd say that Dave, I've been thinking of it for a while now. I know it's expensive to publish a genuine coffee table book with big beautiful photos and I'm not interested in spending that kind of money. What about an electronic coffee table book? Is that even a thing?
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Post by RWA3006 on May 9, 2023 19:50:50 GMT -5
That's beautiful. We often don't see those hues of purple in coprolites and I'm really liking the fortification patterns in it. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by 1dave on May 9, 2023 21:45:47 GMT -5
You now have enough material for a Coffee Table Book! Coincidence you'd say that Dave, I've been thinking of it for a while now. I know it's expensive to publish a genuine coffee table book with big beautiful photos and I'm not interested in spending that kind of money. What about an electronic coffee table book? Is that even a thing? You could place a computer on a table . . .
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Post by 1dave on May 10, 2023 8:21:37 GMT -5
What about a title?
Ding Dong Dinosaur Dung, the Coprolite Compendium, From Here to impunity, A Tiskit a tasket What's in my Basket.
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Post by RWA3006 on May 10, 2023 13:14:56 GMT -5
What about a title? Ding Dong Dinosaur Dung, the Coprolite Compendium, From Here to impunity, A Tiskit a tasket What's in my Basket. Perhaps a do it yourself chapter would be appropriate. Dry your own specimen and soak it in water glass, sodium silicate?
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Post by RWA3006 on May 11, 2023 23:07:39 GMT -5
Last week I went coprolite hunting and found some. I have become extremely selective and now days I leave over 99% of what I find because I have a lot already. My mentor, Denzil Hammer got quite a few many decades ago and I bought his collection when he retired a few years back. I don't think it would be good for me to over harvest so now days I go out mostly for the adventure.
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Post by RWA3006 on May 11, 2023 23:08:38 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on May 11, 2023 23:09:43 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on May 11, 2023 23:10:39 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on May 11, 2023 23:11:49 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on May 11, 2023 23:13:10 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on May 11, 2023 23:14:52 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on May 11, 2023 23:17:11 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on May 11, 2023 23:18:01 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on May 11, 2023 23:19:28 GMT -5
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Post by Brian on May 12, 2023 8:16:37 GMT -5
With scenery like that, finding coprolites is just icing on the cake. I think I’d be so distracted by my surroundings that I would never even notice anything on the ground.
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Post by RWA3006 on May 12, 2023 9:16:38 GMT -5
With scenery like that, finding coprolites is just icing on the cake. I think I’d be so distracted by my surroundings that I would never even notice anything on the ground. Brian, it's like being in a time machine if you understand geology and you can observe the layers of material. When I pick up a 146 million year old coprolite and then from the same place I can gaze deep into a chasm thousands of layers lower than that I begin to contemplate deep time. What's a measly 146 million years compared to a couple billion?
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