Neues Hobby: Polierte Dino-Scheiße sammeln

28.06.2009

Dean Koontz
The Husband

Ich höre gerade den wunderbaren Thriller “The Husband” von Dean Koontz in dem Daniel Rafferty, der Vater des Protagonisten Mitch Rafferty in seinem Arbeitszimmer die versteinerten Exkremente von Dinosaurieren sammelt.

The study decor matched the living room, with lighted display shelves that presented a collection of polished stone spheres.
Alone on the desk, cupped in an ornamental bronze stand, the newest sphere had a diameter greater than a baseball. Scarlet veins speckled with yellow swirled through a rich coppery brown.
To the uninformed it might have appeared to be a piece of exotic granite, ground and polished to bring out its beauty. In fact it was dinosaur dung, which time and pressure had petrified into stone.
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Some spheres were only two inches in diameter. The largest were as big as bowling balls.
The colors tended towards browns, golds, and coppers, for the obvious reason; however, every hue, even blue, lustered under the display lights. Most exhibited speckled patters; actual veining was rare.

Foto: indiana9fossils.com

Ich dachte mir natürlich, was ne bescheuerte Idee. Bis ich mal eben Onkel Google gefragt habe und doch tatsächlich fündig geworden bin.

Unter dem Suchbegriff “polished coprolite sphere” finden sich etlich Online-Shops, in denem man poliert, kugelrunde Dinosaurier-Scheiße für wenige Dollar erwerben kann. Gut 2cm im Durchmesser kosten 10 $. Je größer die Kugel um so größer dann auch der Preis. Bei ebay finden sich einige Angebot, z.B. 76mm für 285$.

Ich finds in der Tat ganz hübsch.