MarielleK Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Is this a good price for this trilobite and collection or does it seem too high? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowpoker Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 The trilo looks to be partially restored, and you could get better off other places such as DDUK, which offer trilos at great prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Not in my opinion. As mentioned you could purchase better versions of all of that for the same or less. One item of note is the "fern-like" things under the thumb of the photographer. Image is not in focus but I believe they are dendrites, not fossils. Most of the other items are typical of fossils you could collect in Pennsylvania yourself for no more than the gas and time to get to the locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarielleK Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 What is the black, somewhat rigid rock in the right hand corner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 What is the black, somewhat rigid rock in the right hand corner? It is a section of Calamites stem. The individual items in that frame are 'pocket-change' specimens. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguy Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) black in the right corner: Calamites (plant) edit: 1mn after Auspex Edited February 20, 2016 by marguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpevahouse Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) I think you could do better on eBay. Fossil ferns are common, trilobites also, prices can be very affordable. Edited February 21, 2016 by jpevahouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Looks awfully expensive. In the uk at various small private museums you can by flexicalymene in that condition for £3-£5 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Two of the spiriferids in the little box are from Ontario...might go for 25cents each. However, even if a good economic deal, best to avoid fossils that don't have complete collecting info. This is foremost location. And a general label like 'Morocco' or 'Texas' is not a location. Congrats on posting here first. Too often the 'what is this?'is asked after a specimen is obtained. I've seen over priced Dino and other fossils posted after the fact that are restored or completely mistaken identities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Why does the trilobite partially rest on top of shark teeth? Is the seller trying to imply that the teeth are spines or legs of the trilobite? My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Why does the trilobite partially rest on top of shark teeth? Is the seller trying to imply that the teeth are spines or legs of the trilobite? I took it to be that the small teeth are just tossed into the riker for whatever reason, and gravitated into the depression created by the trilobite. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Fossil Finder Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Most of the other items are typical of fossils you could collect in Pennsylvania yourself for no more than the gas and time to get to the locations. This is very true. Pennsylvania is full of great fossils, and there are plenty of places that you can easily collect ferns and brachiopods just like those. The price of a good hammer and a few chisels is less than the cost of those fossils, and a good hammer, with care, can last many years of collecting! There are also plenty of fossil sites in the neighboring states that aren't too far from PA. I took it to be that the small teeth are just tossed into the riker for whatever reason, and gravitated into the depression created by the trilobite. This seems to be a very common problem with my riker boards, sadly Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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