DINOSAUR COPROLITE LARGE 7.6 LBS \"DINO POOP\" PETRIFIED DUNG LAPIDARY AZ GPS for Sale

DINOSAUR COPROLITE LARGE 7.6 LBS \"DINO POOP\" PETRIFIED DUNG LAPIDARY AZ GPS For Sale

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DINOSAUR COPROLITE LARGE 7.6 LBS \"DINO POOP\" PETRIFIED DUNG LAPIDARY AZ GPS:
$52.00

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DINOSAUR COPROLITE

Weight:7.6 pounds

Size:7 1/2\" X5 1/2\" X3 3/4\"

Pictures 1 -8Taken Wet Outdoors

Pictures9 - 10Taken DryIndoors on Scale (Sent to you in natural state they way they were found in the Desert)

Picture 11 Taken outside my \"Favorite Four\" I polished with mineral oil to keep the shine

Picture 12 Taken outside wetoutside showing part of my Coprolite collection

I found this one of a kind Coprolite back on June 10th while out on my hunt. It was one of my favorite finds of the day.This specimenis extremely smooth from tumbling down the canyons over millions of years. The minerals in the soil determine the pattern and the colors. Included in you package is the definition of Coprolite printed on nice stationary along with the GPS location where this piece was located. Please check out my other listingsfor more colors and sizes. I have a perfect customer service record along with excellent reviews from my Coprolite Customers.

Coprolite is fossilized excrement of animals. This specimen was found in the state of Arizona. Preserved under unique conditions almost 130 million years ago. A typical specimen weighs a few ounces up to several pounds. These Coprolites found in Arizona are very smooth from tumbling through the canyons and valleys over many years. The colors and patterns are all similar, but each rock maintains its own beauty by color and design.

I lived in California for 35 years and we had a river house in Arizona we frequented on the weekends. My neighbor and Rock Hound would take me to his special locations to huntfor Coprolite in Arizona. Around25 years ago my mother took twosamples to the Los Angeles Natural History Museum to verify them as Coprolites. She was escorted down the elevator to a Dinosaur processing room by two paleontologists. There they verified her pieces as Dinosaur Coprolite and showed her around the facility. They wanted her to donate her Coprolite to the museum, but since they belonged to me at the time she declined. I wish she would have left them for research or display purposes. I attended Lapidary courses at the college after moving to Arizona 6 years ago. This is where the professor who teaches lapidary and jewelry making verified my specimens to be Coprolite. In class there were students making jewelry from their Dinosaur Coprolite. Several Rock clubs both local and out of state come to this part of Arizona to search for Dinosaur Coprolite. I have included the blog information below if you wish to view.

Picturebelow shows Coprolites found in Southern Arizona by well respectedCalifornia Rock Club. They posted theirjourney onRockhoundblog.com Search for: Colorado River Coprolites

Coprolites are fossilized feces or animal dung. They form an important class of objects studied in the field of paleontology. A coprolite is a type of trace fossil and can vary in size from the tiny piles of excreta from a worm that lived some 500 million years ago to the large droppings of crocodiles, dinosaurs or mammals. Typical sizes vary from less than 5 mm (0.2 inches) to 5 cm (2 in), although they may exceed 30 cm (12 inches) in length. There is a large variety of shapes: cigar-shaped, lens-shaped, kidney-shaped, cone-shaped, round, oval, cylindrical and spiral-shaped, depending upon the type of animal which produced them, although, as with other trace fossils, the specific animal is usually not known. Analysis of coprolites by archaeologists can provide information on the diet and health of a study subject. The recognition of coprolites is aided by their structural patterns, such as spiral or annular markings, by their content, such as undigested food fragments and by associated fossil remains. The smallest coprolites are often difficult to distinguish from inorganic pellets or from eggs. Most coprolites are composed chiefly of calcium phosphate, along with minor quantities of organic matter. By analyzing coprolites, it can, in some cases, be possible to determine the diet of the animal.