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[JOHN FUDALA]

Dear Andy,
what you have there is a piece that formed on a tree, hence the rounded
shape visible in picture 3358 and the imprint of the tree wood fibers on the
inside of it visible in picture 3355.
3356 might be cast of inside of the bark layer.
Very nice!
John

On 9/26/07, Andy Ng <andy.ng.aik.hoe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Apologies for the large attachments. Those of you on dial-up please don't
> hate me! I wanted to present the details on the crust of this 3.7kg chunk,
> hence the large photos. It seems to have taken the impression of fine lines
> of sand that had water seeping thru it at a decent rate. The bottom of this
> piece has impressions of the layer of silt/mud that it rested on. Small
> chipped areas on the piece show a white/butterscotch color inside. This was
> carefully dug out by hand. Am going back there tomorrow for more!
>
> Andy
>
> PS Sorry Tammi, no site photos yet. I only have 1 camera and if that's
> dropped into the water or damaged, I'm crippled. Will be getting a better
> more 'professional' digicam soon, so I can risk my old Nikon in the jungles
> then.
>
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