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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
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Opalised Fossils From Lightning Ridge N.S.W.
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<blockquote data-quote="dezman" data-source="post: 20750" data-attributes="member: 1018"><p>Small world they say! Well i too found a mammal jaw bone at the Ridge back in the 90's when mining opal with my wife 'who spotted the fossil' the melbourne mussum nearly fell over when i gave it to them! Alex Richie tryed to get his hands on it! But lucky we cleared up the mess, and i was so happy to have given something to science. For they said everyone doing degrees would study it and how could i keep it in my draw. As for its value! Well at the time we were finding some opal but im glad i didt know its real value at the time. It was missing its teeth and they said you can tell its a mammals one because of the two nerve endings. At the time i was told it was the 4th one found from the 110 million years ago level. Dont have a picture of it but they sent me a letter and Alex's book on that period. Thanks for sharing your story and good luck on finding more, <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dezman, post: 20750, member: 1018"] Small world they say! Well i too found a mammal jaw bone at the Ridge back in the 90's when mining opal with my wife 'who spotted the fossil' the melbourne mussum nearly fell over when i gave it to them! Alex Richie tryed to get his hands on it! But lucky we cleared up the mess, and i was so happy to have given something to science. For they said everyone doing degrees would study it and how could i keep it in my draw. As for its value! Well at the time we were finding some opal but im glad i didt know its real value at the time. It was missing its teeth and they said you can tell its a mammals one because of the two nerve endings. At the time i was told it was the 4th one found from the 110 million years ago level. Dont have a picture of it but they sent me a letter and Alex's book on that period. Thanks for sharing your story and good luck on finding more, :-). [/QUOTE]
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Opalised Fossils From Lightning Ridge N.S.W.
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