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rmf[26] - Devil's Toenail

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:49:21 +0000

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Jurassic fossil Gryphaea aka Devil's Toenails.
Very common in the Redcar area ...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryphaea

Surf Club 6

nobody@ipernity.com (xenophora) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:27:46 +0000

I stalled out for several weeks, trying to complete several roughs that didn't want to go anywhere. Or they did want to, but they were too similar to things I'd already done.

So I took a break and loaded some new items onto my ephemera page, Then I came back and threw out almost all the half-finished works. Then this one snapped together in only a day. Maybe there's a lesson here?

Shown smaller than the original completed size of 2700 X 3450 pixels.

See one original source here.

Ammonite fossil

nobody@ipernity.com (James) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:57:14 +0000

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Ammonite fossil found at Freshwater bay

Ammonite fossil

nobody@ipernity.com (James) — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:54:43 +0000

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Bach - Les Phosphatières du Cloup d'Aural

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:46:32 +0000

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This is a former open-pit phosphate mine.

In 1865, a doctor and chemist discovered bone fragments and unusual stones scattered across a field. He took samples and found that they contained 70 to 80% tricalcium phosphate.

The phosphate mines were put into operation in the 1870s after further deposits were discovered. Hundreds of them were located in the region where Jurassic limestone outcrops, between Cahors, Figeac, Gaillac, and Montauban. However, by 1887, the deposits were already running out, and 112 phosphate mines were closed that year. The discovery of phosphates in North Africa made the mining of the Quercy phosphate mines less profitable. By 1902, only two remained in operation.

The scientific interest in these phosphate mines stems from the numerous vertebrate fossils found there, dating back to the Tertiary period, between the end of the Eocene and the beginning of the Miocene epochs, approximately 20 million years ago. Some of these fossils served as international reference points for the standard sequence of European fauna. Over 600 animal species have been identified in the phosphate mines.

The disused phosphate mines were slated to become landfills. Therefore, since 1992, the association "Les Phosphatières du Quercy" has been working to develop the Cloup d'Aural mine in Bach.

The phosphate deposits of the Quercy region were all located in cavities and sinkholes within the karst landscape.

Bach - Les Phosphatières du Cloup d'Aural

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:33:03 +0000

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Bach - Les Phosphatières du Cloup d'Aural

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:45:22 +0000

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Bach - Les Phosphatières du Cloup d'Aural

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 20:44:47 +0000

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Head ROM DSC 1963 (3)

nobody@ipernity.com (Andrew Trundlewagon) — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:45:26 +0000

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The sharp teeth and skull of Deinonychus antirrhopus, a cast, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. The original is from Montana and is about 112 million years old. It is a member of the dromaeosaurs, possibly warmed blooded and with a shared ancestor with birds.

Fossil

nobody@ipernity.com (Keith Burton) — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 16:42:56 +0000

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During a walk along the pebbled beach at Langstone Harbour, Hampshire I found this small pebble with a fossil on it.

I thought it was worth taking home to photograph. Please view large for the best detail.

The PiP shows the same stone next to a measuring tape for scale.

Fossil Lizard Tracks

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:26:09 +0000

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When hiking the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon we were told to look for this rock along the trail. The marks in the rock are supposed to be the fossil tracks of a lizard of some kind.

Ammonite fossil

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 07 May 2022 15:52:23 +0000

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Ammonites (extinct marine mollusks) lived between 409 to 66 million years ago.

The Saturday Self-Challenge: Old

I took up jewelry making at the beginning of the pandemic. This pendant is set on a necklace made out of black agate and dendritic jasper.

20220507 103703

rmf - "fossil frond" - Manganeze Hydroxide dendrite

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:55:25 +0000

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What looks like a fossil frond of something, probably seaweed, as this is in, I think limestone. Spotted in a garden.
[sorry, but I would not have used that paviour in a walkway zone]

E2A - it's not actually a fossil, I've been misled by the shape ... It is Manganese Hydroxide dendrite.

SBB - Trilobites

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 21:21:40 +0000

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Discovered that this household has three trilobites between them, and one more ammonite after I opened a present yesterday.

fossil shop

nobody@ipernity.com (Isisbridge) — Mon, 03 May 2021 18:32:06 +0000

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Lyme Regis, Dorset

Fossile Mangrovenwurzeln- fossile roots of mangroves

nobody@ipernity.com (grobi358) — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 08:37:33 +0000

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in a sandstone (rotch) at the northern beach of Boa Vista, Cabo Verde.

imperio fósil

nobody@ipernity.com (Xysim) — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:16:28 +0000

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°°°°° ... hasta sus atuendos se gasificaron, en un gas "precioso", ensangrentado y letal.

°°°°° ...even their outfits were gassed, into a "precious", bloody and lethal gas.

rmf / gbw - coral fossils 03

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:10:40 +0000

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Sample of fossil tabulate coral syringopora in carboniferous limestone blocks on the foreshore at Crosscanonby. Close-up for the details (3 of 3 images)

rmf / gbw - coral fossils 02

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:10:28 +0000

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Sample of fossil tabulate coral syringopora in carboniferous limestone blocks on the foreshore at Crosscanonby. (2 of 3 images)

rmf / gbw - c0ral fossils 01

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:10:18 +0000

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Sample of fossil tabulate coral syringopora in carboniferous limestone blocks on the foreshore at Crosscanonby. (1 of 3 images)