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« Reply #60 on: August 26, 2012, 10:53:04 am » |
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Tisbury Star Coral. Scleractinia Species, Ebrayia Dightonthomasi. From west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. I received this specimen in a trade with a friend from London.   |
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helens
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« Reply #61 on: August 26, 2012, 12:55:13 pm » |
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Oh that's very cool... seeing the pattern running through the entire length of the rock!!!
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« Reply #62 on: August 28, 2012, 04:01:50 pm » |
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Oh that's very cool... seeing the pattern running through the entire length of the rock!!!
Helen, can you see the star patterns on the outer rind ? My British friend also sent an end nub that I'm going to cab. It will show the star pattern that this type of coral gets its common name from.   |
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« Reply #63 on: August 28, 2012, 06:24:01 pm » |
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I love the stars:)
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"I tramp a perpetual journey.”
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« Reply #64 on: August 28, 2012, 07:29:07 pm » |
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« Reply #65 on: August 28, 2012, 07:43:06 pm » |
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 dang dang dang. I still am not going to be able to ID coprolite from that. I guess I am going to have to roll around in it for a while to get a feel for it. Or not. lol I would bet that I have cut some slabs of the stuff and did not know it. Would it help if I smelled all my slabs. Licking is totally out of the question so please do not suggest it. Great stone and beautiful neck poop thingy Don. Jim
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Making rocks immortal one stone at a time.
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« Reply #66 on: August 28, 2012, 07:58:06 pm » |
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Need to get better pics of the bola and cut rough.
Guess you could always try a coprolite sandwich. Most is full of cracks, but every once in a while you get a piece big enough to cab.
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« Reply #67 on: August 28, 2012, 08:01:35 pm » |
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That Dino needs to drink more water and eat more fiber:) Beautiful colors Don:)
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« Reply #68 on: August 28, 2012, 08:15:08 pm » |
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I'll try the bola again. It's coprolite on desert iron wood. The white spots are tiny pockets of crystal.  |
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« Reply #69 on: August 28, 2012, 08:17:57 pm » |
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Love it so much:)
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"I tramp a perpetual journey.”
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« Reply #70 on: August 28, 2012, 08:47:26 pm » |
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This is local material from our gravel pits. Pet wood which has turned to coal, but still retains the wood grain.  |
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« Reply #71 on: August 28, 2012, 09:31:59 pm » |
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er I am not too sure I could wear this one to the garden club. Ever since I made that little mistake of wearing my bra on top of my blouse they think I am slipping and this is too close to the edge of additional slipage for me.
No pun intended:) If you laughed then I did:)
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"I tramp a perpetual journey.”
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« Reply #72 on: August 28, 2012, 09:44:28 pm » |
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Yup, I laughed. It brought back memories. A few years back I had to have radiation for a couple of small skin cancers. The radiologist was a fossil lover, so I wore the bola to an appointment. I took the bola off and handed it to a nurse to hold while I was getting zapped. She ooo'd and AAAh'd over the bola, and wanted to know what kind of stone it was. Should have seen the look on her face when I told her. The radiologist and I both had a good laugh.
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« Reply #73 on: August 28, 2012, 11:18:40 pm » |
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That coprolite is a great color!!! I'm not a huge poop person tho:P. LOL! I can't see going anywhere and having someone ask me what I'm wearing and then saying 'Dino POOP!!!". Uh.... LOL!
But the Tisdale is toooo amazing. I remember the first time you posted that and I thought it was gorgeous. I have a cousin in London and asked him to go FIND some.... haven't heard from him since:(....
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« Reply #74 on: August 29, 2012, 08:13:19 am » |
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LOL. My ex was from Coventry, England. Wish I had known about Tisbury coral while I was stationed in Scotland. I would have gotten some myself. If I were a woman and someone asked me what the jewelry stone was, my answer would be, Oh, just some old crap I had laying around.  You wouldn't believe how many bolas and belt buckles I've made out of dino poop or bone for kids. They love the stuff. Great show & tell material in class. |
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