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Catherine Bernal became a registered member 2 years, 6 months ago
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Catherine Bernal posted a new activity comment 2 years, 6 months ago
2 years, 6 months ago2 years, 6 months ago@mackenzie-smith and @patrick-hsieh thank you!
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Catherine Bernal posted a new activity comment 2 years, 6 months ago
2 years, 6 months ago2 years, 6 months agoKeep finding things that say anywhere from 6 – 2 million years old! Thats wild.
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Catherine Bernal posted a new activity comment 2 years, 6 months ago
2 years, 6 months ago2 years, 6 months agoI would love to but how does one date their fossils?
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Catherine Bernal posted a new activity comment 2 years, 6 months ago
2 years, 6 months ago2 years, 6 months agoThanks for the info! I wonder how old the shells are.
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Catherine Bernal posted a new specimen in the group Beach Fossils from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 6 months ago
2 years, 6 months ago2 years, 6 months agoCatherine Bernal has contributed specimen mFeM 109750 to myFOSSIL!
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Beautiful piece. Can you date the rock? Those curved pieces look like dorsal and ventral brachiopod shells
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I would love to but how does one date their fossils?
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Go to https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=10.2/x=-121.9582/y=36.9845/bedrock/lines/, pan to where you found it and it should tell you what formation and date the bedrock is. You can internet search that formation and see if the rocks match up with what you have.
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Keep finding things that say anywhere from 6 – 2 million years old! Thats wild.
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@catherine-bernal Lots of snails and clams! I don’t know the species though since I’m unfamiliar with Mio-Pliocene molluscs from California.
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@catherine-bernal To answer your question about how it formed though, yes, these are the actual shells. They are preserved in a course-fine grain sandstone. We would not find fossils associated with granite because that is a rock that forms from magma cooling underground.
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@mackenzie-smith and @patrick-hsieh thank you!
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Catherine Bernal posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 6 months ago
2 years, 6 months ago2 years, 6 months agoCatherine Bernal has contributed specimen mFeM 109747 to myFOSSIL!
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Hey! I have a few similar finds. What I’ve got is that it’s odds and ends of mollusks. The smoothness is what threw me off; your find is way more detailed and beautiful than mine! Good stuff!!
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They’re various Gastropod shells, they are the real shells and not imprints. Granite is a metamorphic rock so you won’t see fossils in it. It’s probably smooth because the water polished it.
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So cool!
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Thanks for the info! I wonder how old the shells are.
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Catherine Bernal joined the group What is it? 2 years, 6 months ago
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