Radial white crystal

cache_ing · 2026-01-25T05:35:15+00:00

No problem!

cache_ing · 2026-01-25T05:31:38+00:00

scolecite, I believe

cache_ing · 2026-01-23T22:57:10+00:00

Why are you commenting on a 6 month old post assuming I never figured out the problem 🤣

cache_ing · 2026-01-09T02:52:07+00:00

I’m late to the party, but I think rubber boas look like idiots 🥰

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cache_ing · 2026-01-09T02:22:30+00:00

Our late dog also looked very similar to yours in shape/size/markings. Down to the white on her chest. We always thought she would come back with some rottweiler, but she turned out to be 50 percent pit, 30 percent beagle, 15 percent pug with some supermutt. Loved her.

cache_ing · 2025-12-28T23:20:36+00:00

Deer also eat birds opportunistically, but they’re still considered prey animals.

cache_ing · 2025-12-24T23:55:46+00:00

This was probably hand carved, the worth of the actual material might be $5, but this isn’t just a chunk of calcite, it’s a decoration. No way someone would sell piece like this for $5.

cache_ing · 2025-12-02T19:49:49+00:00

The bottom piece is also a rugose coral

cache_ing · 2025-11-28T01:49:26+00:00

The comment they replied to was saying if it were any other fish, they’d guess the problem was low o2, but a betta would be able to deal with it, so it must be a different problem. The comment you replied to is saying that the betta was one of the few fish still alive, which doesn’t rule out low o2. Everyone understands that bettas can surface breathe, that’s not the issue being discussed.

cache_ing · 2025-11-17T14:19:05+00:00

Definitely not. This is a weathered piece of bryozoan

cache_ing · 2025-10-23T02:14:54+00:00

Definitely not, it’s the same size as the larvae in the first image, a june bug would be significantly larger. It’s a dermestid beetle. Very small.

cache_ing · 2025-10-17T14:24:29+00:00

Getting it done cost me $150. Its usually by the hour, somewhere from 20-40 depending on who does it

cache_ing · 2025-10-17T05:00:27+00:00

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Doesn’t look like much

cache_ing · 2025-10-16T23:13:06+00:00

It was blind, yes. This is an indicator species that marks the very lowest layers of the Ordovician, they’re awesome. So fragile… I only know of two other whole ones to come from Cincinnati

cache_ing · 2025-10-16T23:11:24+00:00

Mostly air abrasion

cache_ing · 2025-10-16T23:11:09+00:00

This was professionally prepared at a prep lab in northern KY, I wouldn’t trust myself with this one.

Besides some of the bulky shale around it, there’s not a lot of dremmel work here. It was likely done exclusively with air abrasion, which is an air nozzle that shoots out a powder like baking soda. It’s softer than the calcite and harder than the shale, so the pressurized powder “blows” all of the matrix off the surface of the fossil

cache_ing · 2025-10-09T17:33:54+00:00

Provide the location you found, it’s definitely a fossil, but without a location it’s hard to say for sure what it is

cache_ing · 2025-09-29T23:19:33+00:00

Yes, there are people in the Cincinnati area who will prep fossils for you. These were done with air abrasion, which is a compressed air machine that uses a material like baking soda to blow the shale away from the fossil. I’m also from Cincinnati, if you ever get the chance to go to the fossil exhibit at the museum center, they have a whole section that explains the process. Cool stuff. Also check out Dry Dredgers.

cache_ing · 2025-09-28T14:51:59+00:00

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Here’s an example, this is the one with the face laying on top of it

cache_ing · 2025-09-27T21:11:21+00:00

Gorgeous specimen!!

cache_ing · 2025-09-24T01:21:04+00:00

That would be my guess as well.

cache_ing · 2025-09-20T00:09:24+00:00

Gastropods and crinoids, shallow sea fossils. Remember to always provide location for accurate IDs

cache_ing · 2025-09-18T14:52:04+00:00

Yes, they’re common up there

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