Back to the collection...
Dec 11, 2015 12:52:59 #
Ok, I finally got some more of these processed. Some of these would look better face-on, but I am still working on the stacking process. Here we go...
Rubies in Fuchsite
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Fossil Trilobite, more than 300 million years old
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Fossil Trilobite 'Elrathia Kingi', Cambrian epoch
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Dec 11, 2015 13:25:11 #
Dec 11, 2015 13:49:13 #
More beautiful and interesting pieces from your collection, Phil. All great on the download, and the first one looks like a piece of Christmas candy. :-)
Dec 11, 2015 16:43:22 #
Dec 11, 2015 18:09:43 #
Thanks guys! I have some interesting stuff to post over the next week or so, then I go back to the camera...
I have quite a few polished slabs of stuff, like the rubies here, so I can play with them. Really they are so big that they don't need stacking, but I am enjoying this!
I have a whole bunch of stuff which is too small for this kind of photo. I am waiting for a set of extension tubes coming from China, and plan on spending a good bit of the Christmas break playing with them! Some nice opals, and 'gemstones' of all kinds. There is a tiny spider fossil in amber on one of those shelves somewhere too... Not sure exactly *where* it is, though.
I want to get some 'real' macro shots of these trilobites, too.
I have quite a few polished slabs of stuff, like the rubies here, so I can play with them. Really they are so big that they don't need stacking, but I am enjoying this!
I have a whole bunch of stuff which is too small for this kind of photo. I am waiting for a set of extension tubes coming from China, and plan on spending a good bit of the Christmas break playing with them! Some nice opals, and 'gemstones' of all kinds. There is a tiny spider fossil in amber on one of those shelves somewhere too... Not sure exactly *where* it is, though.
I want to get some 'real' macro shots of these trilobites, too.
Dec 12, 2015 23:14:13 #
Dec 13, 2015 02:02:00 #
That must be a strange feeling to hold something that ancient in your hands! So very unique, too. TFS.
Dec 13, 2015 03:36:25 #
Dewman wrote:
That must be a strange feeling to hold something that ancient in your hands! So very unique, too. TFS.
I take some of these along to show the kids on the bus, and it blows their minds! I have a couple of meteorites, which are believed to be left over 'debris' from the formation of the planets, 4.5 *billion* years ago... The mind just doesn't quite grasp the scale of that amount of time... Scientists call it "deep time", which is as good a name as any.
Of course, anything dinosaur-related is always a hit! I have a couple of examples, and will be posting pictures of one of them very soon.
I have a few minor pieces which I actually dug out of the ground myself, and *that* is a freaky feeling. Sea shells in a hill in Western Maryland, about 300 miles from the ocean...
I just find this stuff so fascinating... Unfortunately, all my shelf space is full, so I don't do much active collecting right now. Every now and again, I come across a piece which I just *have* to find room for!
Dec 13, 2015 05:26:05 #
Bloke wrote:
I take some of these along to show the kids on the... (show quote)
Last night, I watched a NG program about the world's largest emerald. It was found in Brazil and weighed somewhere around 880 lbs.! It was valued at around $440 million! Can you imagine uncovering something like THAT?
:-o
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