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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 09/30/2007 - 7:58pmSeptember 22, 2007 - Mississipian Fossils, Blount Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sat, 09/29/2007 - 5:21pmA trip to a quarry in the Mississippian age, Fort Payne chert was on the schedule for BPS' field trip in September. It was a beautiful day with a good turnout. THe quarry had been dug out since out last visit so we were able to look around the freshly-exposed areas. Sylvie and Michael made a heroic effort to find a trilobite in some of the material that resembled Frog Mtn. formation, but to no avail. We wandered freely over the huge quarry area, finding crinoid stems, brachiopods, corals and a number of nice geodes.
October 28, 2006 - Mississippian Fossils, Blount Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 10/29/2006 - 11:00pmA trip
to Blount County
gave BPS a
chance to visit "crinoid stem central!"
While out on
a service call, Greg had the good fortune to meet a lady who had just
seen him on TV the night before, talking about the Homewood Library
fossil exhibit. She and her next door neighbor turned out to
be