Here's the first clue to today's Michener-Allen Auctioneering "What's It?" Wednesday. You can see the 2nd clue in this all-access (sponsored by Michener-Allen) link: mystarcollectorcar.com/michener-all... #WhatsitWednesday
We recently asked if you could identify a septarian nodule!
Found in carbonate-rich rocks, they are named for their characteristic cracks. These are 'septa' after the Latin for 'partition', and in most cases are infilled with #calcite!
Image by Greg Milner.
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What could this intriguing structure be? Comment your answer and find out if you're right next week!
Image by Greg Milner.
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Last #WhatsItWednesday we asked where you thought this scene was captured, and the answer is... Norway!
Elijah Walton (1832–1880) was a landscape artist from Brum. The Museum holds beautiful chromo-lithograph plates which illustrate his 1848 book 'The Coast of Norway'.
Image by Greg Milner.
Last #WhatsItWednesday we asked if you could identify this muntjac skull!
Muntjac, also known as 'barking deer', are native to southern Asia. However, they were introduced to the UK in the late 19th century when the Duke of Bedford imported a group to our woodlands.
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Last #WhatsItWednesday was a two-for-one as we asked if you could identify this specimen... pink #calcite encrusted with milky #quartz!
This came from the #Shropshire lead mines, a site worked since #Roman times and which once yielded exceptionally large #minerals!
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We asked you last Wednesday if you could identify... a graptolite! This specimen belongs to the Dicranograptidae family. Graptolites have been around since the mid-Cambrian, following on from when life first diversified and multicellular organisms evolved.
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Last #WhatsItWednesday we asked if you could identify this actinopterygian skeleton. Commonly known as 'ray-finned fish', they comprise >50% of all living vertebrate species! This fossil was recovered from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy.
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Can you identify this fossil before we reveal the answer next #WhatsItWednesday?
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Here's the first clue to today's Michner-Allen Auctioneering " What's It?" Wednesday. You can see the second clue in this link thanks to Michener-Allen's all-access sponsorship: mystarcollectorcar.com/michener-all... #WhatsitWednesday
Here's the first clue to today's Michener-Allen Auctioneering "What's It?" Wednesday. You have full access this 2nd clue thanks to their sponsorship, so follow this link to see it: mystarcollectorcar.com/michener-all... #WhatsitWednesday
Here's the first clue to today's Michener-Allen Auctioneering "What's It?" Wednesday. Thanks to their sponsorship, you can see the second clue here: mystarcollectorcar.com/michener-all... #whatsitwednesday
Here's the first clue to today's Michener-Allen Auctioneering "What's It?" Wednesday--you can see the second clue in this link courtesy of their sponsorship: mystarcollectorcar.com/michener-all... #whatsitwednesday
For #WhatsItWednesday we have ‘sea pork’ - the common name for a tunicate. Tunicates are marine invertebrates, and many live as a colony of zooids. The thing I found is the goopy protective ‘tunic’ they live in. I visited Rhyl just after bad weather, which probably ripped them off the sea floor.
Here's the first clue to today's Michener-Allen Auctioneering--you can see the second clue in this all-access link: mystarcollectorcar.com/michener-all... Michener Allen Auctioneering Ltd.
#whatsitwednesday
First clue to today's Michener-Allen Auctioneering "What's It?" Wednesday. Check out the second clue in this all-access (sponsored by M-A Auctions) link: mystarcollectorcar.com/michener-all... #WhatsItWednesday
First clue to today's Michener-Allen Auctioneering "What's It?" Wednesday. You can see the second clue here through their sponsored all-access link: mystarcollectorcar.com/michener-all... #whatsitwednesday
