[Rockhounds] Pennsylvania fern fossils

[smkell45 at aol.com]

 I've been reading about St. Clair material. People keep calling the matrix "slate". My specimens from there frequently are very detailed and not at all distorted as they might be if there was? more than a little? slate producing metamorphism. Also a thought that slate splits along planes perpendicular to the pressure, not along sedimentary layers containing the fern fossils. I also was told that this was a worked out anthracite location. How do you get shale type fossils and matrix next to an anthracite location.? Somebody set me straight. smkell


 


 

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From: John Junkroski <jpjunk at mc.net>
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Hi Larry,?
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I'd be very interested in those fossils.?

I have some 1 1/2 inch pyrite cubes from Spain to trade and some fluorescents from Ontario, Kentucky and California.?

Might be able to find some U.P. Michigan native copper...?
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John?
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On Nov 3, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Lawrence Rush wrote:?
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> I'm still digging through boxes of old material. Today the find is > of 3 large plates of fern fossils from St.Clair, Pennsylvania > (about 8X12" in size). I dug these some 35 years ago, when access > was still possible. If any fossil collectors would like to trade > for these (for mineral specimens, please), give me a shout, and I > will send photos.?

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> Good Collecting........Larry?

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