Friday, September 9, 2011

Miniature Calymene Trilobite


Here is a mostly intact Calymene trilobite.  It was prepped with a air scribe and then the matrix plate reduced in size with a diamond saw.

Thanks to Kenny for his prep work.  Fossil belongs to Dave at Views of the Mahantango blog.


Thursday, September 8, 2011

Polished Enrolled Phacops Trilobite


Here are some pictures of a polished enrolled Phacops trilobite.  One of the most impressive features of this type of trilobite is its compound eyes.

Pictures of what this Devonian fossil looked like before it: CLICK HERE TO VIEW