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A Marine Fossil Project
swizz
post Nov 13 2014, 10:10 AM
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I collected this in northern Colorado earlier this year from a layer that has always been productive for me.
It is a fairly good sized Ammonite and I believe more than 50% of it is there but still encased in layers. I haven't cleaned any of this piece yet nor tried to extract anything, this is how it came out of the earth.
I have a conundrum because.... the closer I look, the more little treasures I see protruding from the layers that are protecting the Ammonite. For example, if you zoom the first image and look at the upper right area... there's part of a small black tooth with it's jawbone/gumline exposed. There are also tubeworm or nymph fossils partially exposed. I want to see more of the Ammonite but it'll be a tricky extraction as these other tidbits are equally interesting.
I may start with just warm soapy water and a toothbrush.
20141113_085426 by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr

20141113_085449 by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr


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- swizz   A Marine Fossil Project   Nov 13 2014, 10:10 AM
- - swizz   Here are some lil Clam fossils from the same forma...   Mar 29 2015, 05:20 PM
- - Mrs.CP   Very sweet find Chris!! Keep those fossil...   Mar 30 2015, 07:29 AM
- - swizz   Here is an unknown marine fossil I found the other...   Aug 20 2015, 12:18 PM
- - swizz   Thanks Johnny! I like the engraving tool idea ...   Aug 27 2015, 09:27 AM
- - swizz   I picked up another cluster yesterday. This is rou...   Sep 13 2016, 05:40 PM
- - Denise   Wow, that's a sweet find Chris! I am going...   Sep 13 2016, 05:58 PM
- - fenixsmom   Great find!   Sep 13 2016, 09:26 PM
- - EMac   That's really cool!   Sep 14 2016, 09:33 AM


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