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I acknowledge that some of the artifacts here, belonged and still might belong to the Umoonan people of Coober Pedy. I am a beginner at finding fossils so they aren’t very many here. I hope you find this interesting and further my knowledge (and yours) about fossils. Enjoy!

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    This is a sea bed. It has many fossils here including the broken stems of crinoids and several branches of coral. I found this one myself in England

    This is what is called a thunder egg. It is a type of geode. I bought this one

    This is a flexicalymene trilobite. It lived about 450 million years ago and its shell has been fossilized into limestone. I bought this one

    This is the head of a unique trilobite. It has eight eyes so I could not identify it. Please tell me in the comments if you know what type it is. I found this one

    This is a shell. I found this one in England

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    This is a chroptolite (fossilized poo) that has been rolled into a ball by a dung beetle, so it is most likely from the dinosaur period or after. I found this one

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    This is an aboriginals spearhead. I found this one in Coober Pedy

    This is an opalized shell. I found this one in Coober Pedy. It is made of dead opal, so it isn’t worth anything

    This is another aboriginals spearhead

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    Another view of it

    This is my prized artifact. It is a fire opal, a rare type of opal, that is worth 300 dollars. I found this one in Coober Pedy

    A view of an opalized shell. The lines are the lines you would see on a shell

    Another view of the opalized shell (it is also dead opal so worth nothing). I found this one in Coober Pedy

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    This is a shark tooth fossil. I bought this one

    This is a fish tail. My pop found this in Queensland

    This is gypsum. Nothing special, just looks cool

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    This is a rock. I have no idea what it is made out of. Please tell me in the comments if you know. Found in the living desert

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    An aboriginals knife

    Another view of it

    Another view of it

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    A negative impression of a sea shell. Found in Coober Pedy

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    I have no idea what this is but it looks like a small bird fossil