"A Trilobite Tale"
Trilobite tail
found in very hard matrix.
Nearly impossible to remove with hand tools
with out breaking the fossil.
Once a section is removed … chiseling along the
base of the block, will cause it to break free.
Was it worth the time to cut out a trilobite tail?
It was the largest we have found in this formation.
Mississippian
Warsaw Formation
Meramecian Series
St. Louis, Missouri
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