[Rockhounds] moving sale!

Thomas Yancey teyancey at suddenlink.net
Wed Jun 3 16:19:51 PDT 2009


Michael,

The bitten Placenticeras would make a great display piece. What price 
are you asking for it. I'd like to know if I have enough funds to 
make the purchase.

Tom Yancey



>Hi there
>
>I am in the process of moving, and there are a few things that I 
>would rather sell than pack up and move.
>
>So....I have a number of fossil materials, including the following:
>
>I have a few trilobites (interesting ones) including a small 
>metacanthina type and a medium sized enrolled phacops (on a matrix 
>pedestal).  Both are from a new site in Morocco near Zagora, and are 
>most likely new.  I also have a very nice large distorted 
>neseurestes tristani from France. 
>
>As well, I have a very wonderful mass mortality jellyfish plate 
>(Oligocene) from France, and finally a slightly red coloured section 
>of a placenticeras ammonite (pie shaped, maybe 7" wide) that has 
>VERY nice mosasaur bite marks on either side of the shell.
>
>For any lapidaries out there, I also have a few pounds of cutting 
>grade ammolite.  Some of it is lower end material, some of it is 
>pretty good, but there is also some that is abosultely top end 
>material- if you know how to cut the stuff properly.  I would like 
>to sell the whole lot as a group, and would probably be perfect for 
>someone that cuts as a hobby.  There is enough material in there to 
>easily get several hundreds of dollars worth of cut stones out of 
>it. 
>
>If anyone is interested in any of this material, please send me an 
>email offlist, and I can send you pics and info. 
>
>Thanks
>
>Michael
>


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