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.