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GMS Field Trip September 2022

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GMS Field Trip
Agate, Jasper, and Fossils in Alabama
Sunday, September 25, 2022

Despite a threatening forecast, about 30 members showed up. The objective was a mile or so of dry(ish) creek, but good stuff started showing up in the parking lot before we even got to the creek. Spray bottles weren’t needed, thanks to water provided from above by Mother Nature.

Finds included the elusive agate of the area (scarce), jasper, other chalcedony, and fossilized corals eroded out of the Mississippian limestones of the cliffs towering over the cove. There was a lot of material to choose from, and something for everyone’s interest.

It was a great trip thanks to the property owner and all of the members who made it a fun day.

Tom Bates, Field Trip Lead
On behalf of Charles Carter, Field Trip Chair
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Agate

Photo by Tom Bates

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First samples of agate
Photos by Lori Carter

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A nice agate from two angles
Photo by Lori Carter

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A quick face polish on this agate reveals some good agate potential
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Another piece with good potential

Jasper

Photo by Tom Bates

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First samples of jasper
Photo by Lori Carter

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Nice piece of jasper with lots of banding
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This jasper has some pretty colors.
Photo by Lori Carter

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A happy jasper nodule cut in half
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This jasper has a lot of swirls

Fossils

Photo by Lori Carter

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Parking lot fossilized coral find!
Photo by Lori Carter

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Beautiful coral straight from the creek!
Photos by Lori Carter

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Nice little coral after a quick rinse
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Small coral
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Maybe coral?
Photo by Lori Carter

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Awesome shell impression! And the rock it came from had even more!
Photo by Lori Carter

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More shell impressions
Photo by Lori Carter

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Another nice sample of shell impressions
Photos by Lori Carter

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Horse tooth. Probably not a fossil, but still interesting
Photos by Lori Carter

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Micro-fossils
Photos by Lori Carter

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More micro-fossils

Some other things

Photos by Lori Carter

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What is in this boulder?
Photos by Lori Carter

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Ooliths mixed with microfossils
Photos by Lori Carter

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More ooliths mixed with microfossils
Photos by Lori Carter

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Flowers in the creek

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