Okay, so here’s a follow up on the whole dinosaur egg thing, I just got my egg back from the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources after dropping it off last week.
I was introduced to one of the lady professors, told her where it was found, answered a few other questions to get a good picture and she asked if I was okay leaving it here to be studied which would allow several others to give their opinions before it’s confirmed, I was a little scared to do that, I didn’t even know these people and they could keep it and never give it back. But she signed a kind of release slip, and I felt better afterwards.
Well, guys…it’s the real deal, but that’s not even half of it, it’s what this thing is freakin’ made of! Turns out it’s not enough it’s just a Hadrosaur egg, it’s a Hadrosaur egg that’s agatized (not jade as previously thought), meaning if they were to cut this baby in two, it would sparkle brighter than a undead playboy. It’s both a geode and a fossil. An egg like this is going for $1,800+ USD. I don’t know why I didn’t get this check out sooner, I had this thing bouncing around in a cardboard box for 8 years.
They informed me a lot about this particular dinosaur, that this kind of Hadrosaur may have been from the genus Saurolophus since this egg was found in California, where other specimens of these creatures have been found. The fact I mentioned it was found where trilobites and bony fish fossils were found, suggests it might have been a nesting ground during the Late Cretaceous (70 mill.years)., so there may even be more there! I kind of doubt it though, since much of the cliff it was found near is being eaten by the ocean.
I’m still amazed by this new information though, I feel like making a little display case or something for it. My day has officially been made!
While I was there, I dropped off another specimen (hey they identify things free, might as well take advantage of it) in what Ben suspected was a meteorite. I’ll know soon enough.
holy shit this is amazing
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