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In response to "Reviving NY harbor's oyster beds, a project started 30 years ago in a bucket is succeeding. NYC should have been Big Oyster -- (link)" by zeitgeist

One of favorite go-to truth brags is that I have a fossilized oyster on my work shelf. Part of an acquired batch dug up in Florida.

Posted by landbeck Nov 20 '24, 03:48

It really /IS/ a fossil, oysters grow over years, and do so by consuming other shells from dead oysters. They don’t distinguish between newly dead oysters and ones that lived/died a million years ago.

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I have a bunch of fossils, but my favourite is an Ordovician trilobite I found in upstate New York. ~430 million years old -- (pic) - mafic Nov 20, 05:46 [Attachment] 5
- WHere in NY? Finger lakes? -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 06:53
- Very cool! We have some fossils but I have no idea on their age. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 06:15 2
  - some are easy to identify by sight, most you need to know approximately where they’re from. if you’re interested I always like seeing new fossils. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 06:30 1
    - I'll post some pictures tonight when I get home. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 08:03
- wow -- nm - mud Nov 20, 05:54

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One of favorite go-to truth brags is that I have a fossilized oyster on my work shelf. Part of an acquired batch dug up in Florida.

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