They seem like seashells that you might have just picked up on the shore, but they are quite a bit older! And can be quite fragile too. A wide variety of marine species can be found in fantastically preserved condition. It is an Eocene (33-55 MYA) outcrop which is fairly rare for Central Texas which is primarily Cretaceous (65-100 MYA). So here are some of my most recent favorite fossil finds….in micro!įrom the Bone Valley Formation in Florida. But the results are astounding….what may seem like a not very productive site can have the most amazing tiny stuff! It takes some hours (or days!) to get it all cleaned, and a multi-sized sieve is a must. But most often I will just get a gallon bag of dirt/gravel from a “local” site and clean it up myself. You can find some micro matrix online – I recently got some from PaleoCris, a great batch of Bone Valley Formation from Florida. I sit and enjoy the comfort of my chair and Air Conditioning (being in Texas, A/C is a necessity) and have fun finding all kinds of tiny things! But I have also discovered how nice it is to hunt from my own home! I have become a bit obsessed with finding micro matrix to bring home and look at under my little Celestron microscope (which plugs right into my computer, so the screen is where you see the tiny fossils!). I LOVE HUNTING FOSSILS….and I love making trips to interesting places and mucking about in nature to find these beautiful things.
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