May 19, 2015 by
in Pammys Pictures
fossils on a block of grey marble
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May 19, 2015
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Topics: fossils, marble, shells
CuzMike
Those are ammonites.
  • May 19, 2015
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Pam
Do you mean the fossils? I thought they looked like sea shells. lol
  • May 19, 2015
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CuzMike
I used to collect them by the bucket full. Recognized them right off. How I wish I had hung on to them.
http://www.paleodirect.co...
  • May 19, 2015
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Marge Pauls
They're beautiful, aren't they?
  • May 19, 2015
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CuzMike
Really are. I had several that were pearled.
  • May 20, 2015
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Marge Pauls
Cool! I haven't seen those kind.
  • May 20, 2015
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Wanda Hope Carter
What did you do with them?
  • May 20, 2015
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CuzMike
I left 4-5 5 gal buckets of them with my son and told him to hold onto them when I came to Montana. His mother made him get rid of those 'buckets of rocks'.

I found one embedded in a dry creek bed that was bigger than anything that was in the Museum of Natural History in Dallas. It would have had to ...
  • May 20, 2015
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Wanda Hope Carter
oh wow - that's too bad. I have a couple of small ones somewhere in rocks I've collected but I bet there are collectors who would have even paid for those buckets of rocks. They would be great art elements too if mounted properly. Shoots..
  • May 20, 2015
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Marge Pauls
They go for big bucks at the gem and mineral shows up here. Sometimes the pleasure of collecting outweighs the possible value. I have a houseful of beautiful things that will probably bring a buck, two-eighty on the market, lol!
  • May 20, 2015
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Wanda Hope Carter
Big bucks as in hundreds or ??
  • June 11, 2015
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Marge Pauls
It depends on size and quality, but, yes,, I've seen some in the hundreds.
  • June 12, 2015
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Pam
Very cool. Thanks for the link!
  • June 9, 2015
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Marge Pauls
lol! Aren't the Ammonites in the Bible? That's a Lot of territory...
  • May 20, 2015
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CuzMike
Hey, I think you're right.
  • May 20, 2015
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GodAlwaysWins
Oh look. Ancient politician detritus
  • May 20, 2015
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Marge Pauls
No, that would be a different species--these are attractive.
  • May 20, 2015
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Sister Sarah
lol
  • May 21, 2015
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Shy Girl
I saw a beautiful table top out of this in a house we were working in. These are gorgeous!
  • May 23, 2015
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Pam
Oh wow, I bet that was awesome!
  • June 9, 2015
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