Guest FastFingersFurley Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Found lying alone in the West Texas desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FastFingersFurley Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Found lying alone in the West Texas desert. More of the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FastFingersFurley Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 More of the same Better shots. Hope these were enough images. I have a speciman twice a large, but, with no color and in limestone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Love those gastropod cross-sections; crystalized are all the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 in reply to the question, it isn't painted, and it isn't color preservation. it's staining from the bacterial decomposition precipitating iron into the matrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FastFingersFurley Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Many thanks for the ID and the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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