Opalised squid

[travelman11]

My nephew Peter found this specimen few months ago while mining in Coober pedy with my brother Paul..i haven't done any opal mining this year,,too long in tooth for hot desert
its Squid ,common name calamari but has been opalized over millions of years.
Belimite is scientific name
the opal miner new he was on patch fossils as they had found small pieces belimites so was good months work and this is the king specimen
if u want check it out ,its museum piece quality

[diverwannabe]

Wow thats cool!

[Tourezrick]

Beautiful stuff. My father-in-law had a friend that was a miner in Coober-Peady - lived underground! Wish I could remember his name.

[Eu_citzen]

Ahh, the belemite opalized isen't that nice!?
www.opalauctions.com is good if you want opal (have bought there myself so I talk out of experience)

[PHANTOM35]

VERTY NICE COLOR, 8) HOW MUCH IS THAT ..........

[TeddyB1967]

There is one on auction right now from Australia that has a starting bid of 18,000.00 (no bids on it yet tho)

http://www.opalauctions.com/item-376...OCK-1800-GRAMS

# of Bids: No Bids - Bid Now
Starting Bid: USD 18,000.00
Bid Increment: USD 100.00
Minimum Bid: USD 18,000.00
Reserve Price: NO
Item Category: Investment Opal
Auction Starts: 03/05/2007
Auction Ends: 03/07/2007
Auction ID: 37611

[chong2]

crazy

[fossis]

Beautiful fossil opal,


Fossis...................

[CarolinaDigs]

Oh Gosh this is great !! I've gotta get out more

[IAMZIM]

That, is one of the kewlest fossils i have ever seen!!

[DeAnn]

absolutely beautiful !!!!

[stevemc]

Fantastic! Truly beautiful!