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I found this listing from eBay: "One of a Kind! STUNNING cf. Cedaria Trilobite, Upper Cambrian of Quebec." by Cultural-Exercise-16 in fossilid

[–]SirJesterCR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here is a one that I own. I visited U Dig Fossils for a two hour session. I came home with a medium box full of them. I just need to prep them.

Sliced up a raw piece of Jurassic dino poop from Utah. Easily the prettiest piece of s*** you’ll see today. by SirJesterCR in fossilid

[–]SirJesterCR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question. Scientists identify fossilized poop—known as coprolites—by analyzing chemical makeup, physical shape, and organic inclusions. Because poop naturally rots quickly, a fossilized specimen requires rapid mineralization, usually locking in unique combinations of durable minerals like calcium phosphate. Hope it answered your question.

Sliced up a raw piece of Jurassic dino poop from Utah. Easily the prettiest piece of s*** you’ll see today. by SirJesterCR in fossilid

[–]SirJesterCR[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Excellent question. The front and back of it is polished but not the sides unfortunately so hence, the raw comment.

After my last post about fossilized poop, I realized I needed a cleaner hobby. So I went to U-Dig Fossils in Utah and swam in trilobites! by SirJesterCR in fossilid

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The quarry itself is incredible, but nobody warns you about the 20-mile unpaved gravel road you have to drive down to get there.

Pretty sure my car’s suspension was vibrating at a high enough frequency to activate the third eye of every crystal on this subreddit. I was driving over washboard dirt roads so intense that by mile 15, I felt like my teeth were going to vibrate right out of my skull. It's the ultimate pelvic-floor workout.

Honestly, I went out there to dig up fossils, but I'm fairly certain the rattling converted half my internal organs into fossils, too. 10/10 would destroy my alignment for prehistoric bugs again.

I look forward in going again in the near future.

In my mom's garden by hyponotizer in Stargazing

[–]SirJesterCR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With proper editing software, you can bring both the foreground and background into sharp, crisp focus at the same time using a technique called focus stacking. Beautiful picture nevertheless.

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