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Jurassic pyritized ammonite on Dorset UK coast

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I found this 6 cm diameter pyritized ammonite

in the intertidal zone near Seatown, Dorset UK,

on the Jurassic coast.

Photos are fossil as found.

The local fossil shop identified it as 

Aegoceras lataecosta. 

Is that correct?

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Nice find but be aware they can be prone to pyrite disease, so follow latest advice on preserving it . 

 

I still have some from Seatown but I have lost some to decay as well.

 

John

Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead.

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1 hour ago, t-tree said:

Nice find but be aware they can be prone to pyrite disease, so follow latest advice on preserving it . 

 

I still have some from Seatown but I have lost some to decay as well.

 

John

Thanks. 

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