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Fern Fossils
DMC Field Trip
Tennessee Valley Rock and Mineral Club
Saturday, July 9, 2016
The Tennessee Valley Rock and Mineral Club (Chattanooga, TN), hosted the July DMC field trip to collect Mississippian/Pennsylvanian plant fossils.
The collecting area was in a creek in a rural area. Charlie Jones, field trip leader, did an excellent job explaining the site, showing us samples, and making sure we were all aware of potential dangers. Other club members were on hand to help field trip attendees too.
Plant fossils were abundant and I saw many beautiful specimens within a few minutes. Collecting was easy. Many fossils were found via surface collecting only and others required minimal shale splitting. Specimens included various species of ferns including horsetail ferns (calamites), bark, and seed pods.
Many thanks to the Tennessee Valley Rock and Mineral Club for another successful DMC field trip!
Lori Carter
On behalf of Charles Carter, GMS Field Trip Chair
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Various Fern Fossils
Photo by Lori Carter
Linda Griebel found this specimen in the first few minutes at the collecting site
Photo by Lori Carter
Mary found this beautiful fern right after Linda found hers
Photo by Lori Carter
It was easy to split the shale with just a few taps of a rock hammer
Photo by Lori Carter
Notice the positive and negative of this fossil
Photo by Lori Carter
Another of Linda's excellent finds (wet and dry)
Photo by Lori Carter
Al Klatt got this specimen full of leaves
Photo by Lori Carter
Close-up of a cute fern
Photo by Lori Carter
David Bruce got this spectacular specimen
Photo by Lori Carter
Another perfect split
Photo by Lori Carter
Two examples of the abundant horsetail ferns (calamites)
Bark Fossils
Photo by Lori Carter
Charlie Jones found this superb bark
Photo by Lori Carter
Charlie found this incredible sigillaria too
Photo by Lori Carter
A small piece of sigillaria
Photo by Lori Carter
Lepidododendron, (close-up of Lepidodenron), and stigmaria on one big specimen
Seed Pod Fossils
Photos by Lori Carter
Seed pod and close-up
Photos by Lori Carter
Another seed pod and close-up
Photos by Lori Carter
This is a nice round seed pod
Photos by Lori Carter
One more seed pod
Pretty
Photos by Lori Carter
What a pretty place!
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