Giant Ammonite

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fossis,

neat.

I thought "Ammonite" was something you used cleaning
your tires :-\ :P ;D

Thanks for posting.

have a good un......
SHERMANVILLE
 

irbaddadjoe said:
Where I am from also fossis. I can get you all you want of those. I'll bring you a nice full one when I come down.

Good deal,

fossis...............
 

SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS said:
fossis,

neat.

I thought "Ammonite" was something you used cleaning
your tires :-\ :P ;D

Thanks for posting.

have a good un......
SHERMANVILLE
You been in the "shine" jug again Sherm?

;D,

Fossis................
 

Hi Fossis!

Thanks for the welcome! You can probably make enough calamari to feed the entire neighborhood with one giant ammonite! :D

Tom
 

I heard that if you saw them and polish them they are worth a lot of money. Is that true?
Burdie
 

Burdie said:
I heard that if you saw them and polish them they are worth a lot of money. Is that true?
Burdie

These in this area are rather chalky,
but those found in Africa & other places take a
polish very well, & are a collectible.
here are some pics of Ammonites, & others from
Africa, the locals make a living cutting, & polishing
them for export.

Fossis..............
 

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That looks to be an Eopachydiscus ammonite from the Duck Creek formation in far south Oklahoma (near Texoma?) .

fossis said:
Here is a pic of a giant Ammonite, (at least a large one,)
in my neck of the woods.
I heard in Southern Ok, the ranch hands throw them in
mudholes for fill.

Fossis...............
 

I think that those large Texas specimens are internal casts (steinkerns) of the ammonoid shell. The cast is made of fine grain limestone (which will not take a polish) that infiltrated the shell cavity.

Then there are Late Cretaceous ammonoids from the Dakotas which still retain the nacreous shell and need no polishing.

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Thanks Harry, I should have remembered that. There
was a site in this area where the ammonites (ammonoids) had a pearly finish but
although I saw some that came from there, I wasn't as lucky.......


Roz
 

LanceHall said:
That looks to be an Eopachydiscus ammonite from the Duck Creek formation in far south Oklahoma (near Texoma?) .

fossis said:
Here is a pic of a giant Ammonite, (at least a large one,)
in my neck of the woods.
I heard in Southern Ok, the ranch hands throw them in
mudholes for fill.

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

Correct, Welcome to Treasure -Net, Lance.

Fossis...............
 

Mosasaurfiend said:
I know a lot like them natural but
Those polished ones are just beautiful.
Not sure most found in Texas could be polished like those.

Welcome to Treasure-Net, you're probably right about that.

Fossis.................
 

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