New species of brown algae from Kinzers of Lancaster County, PA?

Here in the Lancaster County Kinzers I was fortunate enough to find a very defined specimen of what scientists are calling an unknown brown algae; or a soft coral??? Experts are viewing it now...516 million years old from our Cambrian shallow sea that once spread across lower Larentia...This specimen, quite possibly, could be a new species...as of yet, it can't be found in the Literature...It represents soft-bodied fossilization in that these algae are extremely rare! Contact silverfordinc@yahoo.com for more details

Some things new from the Kinzers...

This is a one-foot long anonalacaris; first complete specimen found in Kinzers!

 Here is a Lepidosystis, an early echinoderm...found November 2016

Wavellite...wavellite...wavellite!!!

Rare, anytime they can be found... Wavellite - aluminum-phosphate crystals from new sandstone 'vugs' in lower Snyder County  for sale. Prices from $15 to $200. contact silverfordinc@yahoo.com Bigger piece here weighs 6 pounds, has over 100 perfect crystals. Cost is $200 with shipping. Smaller piece has interesting color display, has 50 perfect crystals, and weighs less than one pound. Cost $40 with shipping.

Wonderful Mud Lake geodes...iron bombs...

Have quite a few iron geodes / hematite 'bombs' coated with iron-oxide minerals from Lancaster County's long-forgotten Mud Lake. These 'bombs' hovered in the clay floats in the top soils surrounding the old iron mine. Sizes range from walnut-size to peach-size to grapefruit-size... Prices start at $10 and range to $40 including shipping in North America. Below are two that would be $30 each with shipping. Contact silverfordinc@yahoo.com

Fossil Olenellus' first-found trilobite site of Dr. Atreus Wanner rediscovered after 115 years in York County Pa.!!!

At the May, 2014 meeting of our new Lancaster County Fossil and Mineral Club it was disclosed by a York County member, that there existed a few pockets in the Kinzers shale on a private property about 30 miles west of Lancaster in west York. In addition, lying on the property off in a field were about 20 tons of excavated Kinzers material which had been dumped there. After only one expedition into this field we discovered the most prolific Olenellus trilobite shale ever seen in either York or Lancaster County. Over a period of just 7 months now many complete Olenellus trilobites have been dug up, and, about  complete Wannerias; rarest of the lower-Kinzers phyllopods. In addition many Salterella colonies, Gogia, Tuzoias and Camptostromas were found. I, myself, found lots of these creatures preserved in the rock! Now, after extensive research it has been determined through Smithsonian Institute records that this site is probably the same  Q(8) site that Dr. Atreus Wanner first found the "Wanneria" trilobite in the 1890s. This was accomplished by coming into possession of his July 13, 1901 submission to the Washington Academy of Sciences presenting the "Wanneria" for the first time. Its designation included a description of locality marked as 3 miles west by north-west of where he lived in the the center of York City.I followed his directions precisely in the way that he once went by horseback - no doubt pulling a 'fossil cart behind - and ended up on the very slopes where the Olenellus, Kinzers formation was where we were finding what undisputedly is the best site ever found!  Other nearby localities of Emigsville and Locust Lane are too far and too north, and slightly east. Some scholars once believed in them but they had done no retracing of Wanner's steps. No doubt he hunted them all but the hillside localities where we were speak best to where he was and there is surface material here where he easily tracked them down To have a free specimen from Wanner's site is historically significant!

Professor's Long -Lost Lower Cambrian Trilobites for special prices!

 I have begun selling select Pa fossils that I have; some came from Dr. Richard C. Haefner's 70-year-old collection; he was a geology professor. Exclusive to the list are hundreds of Lancaster County Pa. Cambrian Trilobites; Olenellus family / species...oldest creatures that ever lived on the earth! Complete trilobites, some with tail spines! Too many to show so pics will be sent once someone asks for a specific look-see...Thompsoni...Lancasteria... Wanneria... and price range. Most of these specimens are from the professor's early collecting days in the 1960s and 1970s..though some I have more recently collected .Just e-mail me  at silverfordinc@yahoo.com I will email pics within your price range. 

Really nice Olenellus Thompsonai here... $250 each! Bottom one from Getz' Woods slump... Holy Ground! Contact us today for sales. silverfordinc@yahoo.com

 Here's a double-Wanneria I recently found... I have a few that need to be worked out of the shale - by you the buyer - for $100 per plate...

Plenty more to choose from here... including Tuzoia! Priceless at $1,000 shipped and insured!

Beautiful stilbites from old New Jersey quarry for sale!

These specimens are each about 5 inches long by 3 and a half inches wide ; about fist-size or better! Both are wonderful pieces...all have calcite crystals on the matrix. They are from a very old collection. There are 20 similar for sale... all are priced from only $30 to $70! contact silverfordinc@yahoo.com and chat with our supply manager, Krista.

Join Lancaster County's First Fossil and Mineral Club...

Started on December 27, 2013 is the new Lancaster County Fossil and Mineral Club... As founder and president I encourage anyone who wants, to become one of its first members...there are now 85. The Club is a non-profit organization. Meetings began in March 2014. Next meeting take place at at 7 pm at the Trinity Reformed Church of Christ, 450 West Main Street, Mountville  Pa. On Thursday, November 30, 2017. Next up Dot Thompson will be giving a presentation on "Opals"...Club  members will be treated to monthly meetings, field trips, speakers, mineral, fossil displays...  What will make our club unique will be that we will be actively engaged in our own  research.To date, we were successful in discovering what is probably the richest lenses of Kinzers shale in west York yielding hundreds of trilobites; Wannerias, Thompsonais... Also, the opening of the Dutchess Mine along the Pickering Creek in Chester County Pa. where, for-the-first-time-ever perfect graphite crystals in a matrix of blue quartz are being excavated specifically for study and mineral collectors! Membership fees are as follows: $30 per person... $40 per family / household... $15 per student. Donations are also accepted... Further information can be obtained by visiting our Facebook page, by e-mailing silverfordinc@yahoo.com Thank You.

Nice... flaky yellow mica with black tourmaline crystals for sale

We have it. Fist-size pieces of this unusual combination of minerals; flaky yellow mica, interspersed with black tourmaline crystals... Prices are from $10 up to $30 shipped

Wanneria! Wanneria! Wanneria!

Playing in the Cambrian bedding in various locations these past few years...logging over 700 hours now... It's quite possible  I have figured out the "orogenic" shifts in how this Kinzers rock is displayed, now, 515 million years later. Wannerias are being found... This one on a plate of three more mostly complete. The upper one is a beautiful deep-red 3 1/2 incher just found in East Petersburg Pa. Middle one is 3-incher...contact silverfordinc@yahoo.com

Tuzoia! Tuzoia! Tuzoia!

It's official! Right here is the very first  tuzoia ever found in the 515-million-years old Kinzers formation in York County, Pa. !It is the first of this species ever found in Pa! This specimen was scoped and referenced by Professor Roger Thomas of Franklin and Marshall College on Tuesday, November 24th.This was a small marine arthropod; a phyllocarid, that lived in the shallow seas of the lower to middle Cambrian period of geologic time.
The species is tuzoia polleni.

Silver Mine Dogtooth Crystals for sale

I have a variety of both large and small examples here for sale... Sizes are half-a-hand size up to 7-inch specimens of orange, yellow, and brown crystals. Prices range from $15 each shipped to $35 shipped for larger specimens. Displayed here are large 5-inch yellow and large 7-inch brown crystals, each $35 shipped in USA. Simply contact silverfordinc@yahoo.com to order yours!

Pennsylvania Silver Ore:Amazing pieces for sale from 1700 Shawnee Indian Quarries!

Sample piece of silver!

Historical pieces of silver for sale from 1700s Indian Quarries!...from America's Oldest Silver Mine!

For more information contact silverfordinc@yahoo.com... Silver-ore pieces  are any size! Some only 1" long , some, fist-sized or better showing nice pockets of the ore!Silver content of this ore was up to 250 ounces per ton! Last assayed in the 1970s by Silverford Inc...and by Dr. Richard Haefner geologist during the same time period. Prices range from only $5 per piece to $50 per piece depending...Guided tours of the property done for donation only. Tours include visit to Indian quarries from the late 1600s, the French and Indian War quarry excavated by the British military... a tour of the upper openings of the mine from the 1870s... a complete review of the "Silverford" years from 1973 to 1989 when a millionaire bought the property and planned to quarry out the silver ore...It was an extraordinary time and I was a part of its first 4 years as a tour guide. During this time too the property was a setting for country-music stars who sang for about 600,000 fans in a far corner of the property where a stage was built. E-mail me at silverfordinc your the tour-for-a-tip day!

This is a 1947 report of a 5-year study made by Dr. Price and Dr, Foose of Lancaster Pa whereby it was determined by their studies that this ore was highly rich in silver... note the bottom paragraph...250 ounces of silver per ton!

Amazing graphite crystals in beautiful blue quartz on sale now!

After a 3-year exploration of the nearby areas of the old graphite mining pits in Chester County Pa. along Pickering Creek, nice, fist-sized specimens of blue quartz with reflecting graphite crystals are being dug. These specimens are for sale ,let's say, starting at  $10 up to $35
. Most pieces have several crystals! Nice for Pa mineral collectors. Please contact silverfordinc@yahoo.com and ask for yours! Since the dig began only about 400 worthy specimens have been found. Pictures will be made available soon or by requesting them online as attachments in private e-mails! Regular blue quartz pieces also available for sale starting at $7. Shipping is extra for all material.

Spectacular green fluorite from Rogerley Mine, England

Beautiful 5-inch specimens of green fluorite crystals from the Rogerley Mine, England for sale...This one is $120...prices range from $85  up to $175.00