Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Pictured is the best of the 4 Sphenodiscus sp. "uglies" I had a buddy slice for me recently. This is not yet polished but just wet with water to show some detail. We plan to cut a few more blems to see what's inside. So far 2 of the 4 were pretty nice with calcite filled hollow chambers and the other 2 were turds. These come from the Escondido formation of South Texas, a Maastrichtian deposit about 66 million years old. I hope the others have this sort of definition and detail and in the meantime, I hope to pick up some more. I have several that are too nice to cut, but every one of the uglies will be going under the saw in hopes of more good ones. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 That is gorgeous, I would love to have a few split pieces to display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 thats awesome! very very nice... "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Nice! You should try and cut one off center and see if the siphucle is preserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Id have to say, that really is dang cool! Dan goes out into the texas wildernes, finds an antient creature, ugly or not, then gets to cut it in half and see what the wonder of mother nature can do. Nice going Dan, thats going to make a super neato display!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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