Nice photos, Dick, of the patterns on your ammonite shells. They are utterly beautiful.
In the Pennsylvania cyclothem sediments of southeastern Ohio where I grew up, I once found a piece of an ammonite at a coal strip mine. An Ohio University paleontologist identified it for me as a section of one of the giant ammonites that were as much as nine feet in diameter. What a clunky monster that must have been.
I much enjoyed your photos of the Black Pine minerals on this morning's sub stack, which vanished from my desktop. That's a remarkable collection with unusual minerals that you have.
Nice photos, Dick, of the patterns on your ammonite shells. They are utterly beautiful.
In the Pennsylvania cyclothem sediments of southeastern Ohio where I grew up, I once found a piece of an ammonite at a coal strip mine. An Ohio University paleontologist identified it for me as a section of one of the giant ammonites that were as much as nine feet in diameter. What a clunky monster that must have been.
I much enjoyed your photos of the Black Pine minerals on this morning's sub stack, which vanished from my desktop. That's a remarkable collection with unusual minerals that you have.
Thanks Steve. Here's the link again if you need it. Black Pine is incredibly complex and interesting! https://www.mindat.org/g/3630
I love ammonites! Thank you for writing this post, I recently saw one at the museum Caracol in TJ MX and it was probably the biggest one id seen.
Cool!