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Southern Whetstone Mountains


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Not much else to report, these quartz filled bivalves "in situ" were about the best thing we found. Beautiful country though.

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More images at http://www.safossils.com/whetstone308.html

Walt

wow those are neat! some of those blocks on your website look like they would make nice display pieces once prepped! good finds!

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There arent alot of clam lovers out in the world, but I would have to say those are really neat! In fact, I wouldnt mind having a couple of chunks of that rock for myself!

RB

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I should have mentioned that the bivalves are only about 1/2 inch across. There were miles of the though. The maps show this outcrop as Early Cretaceous Mural Limestone, but the bivalves look like the freshwater species that we find in the Tucson Mountains.

We spent Easter at a small lake near Montana Peak. No fossils to report, but I sure wanted to make something out of this rock. I'm pretty sure this is just an interesting pattern in volcanic rock. The Arizona Countryside never disappoints though.

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Image Slideshow Here....

Walt

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