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Interesting split 2006 Ornithorhynchus.

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appleangel07
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 Posted 02/22/2012  12:48 am Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add appleangel07 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message

This is an iteresting split on the Platypus's eye.
I don't think it is PMD as it has little bits connect one side to the other all the way up the split.

Your thoughts ?



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 Posted 02/22/2012  01:20 am  Show Profile Check bellyflorin's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add bellyflorin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Really I have no idea, maybe a bit of wire/string ended up on the die,yep looks interesting
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 Posted 02/22/2012  01:51 am  Show Profile Check enworb's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add enworb to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What the heck is a ornithorhynchus?
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As I learnt it ... O R N I T H O R I N C H you S (pronounced aw na tha rinc us)

we used to have a race at primary school to see who could spell it the fastest
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What the heck is a ornithorhynchus
A platypus by any other name would still be strange.

Yeah, I can't say apple, hard to make a call on this one.
Can you get a nice clear close-up of the full length of the split?
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LOL I could spell this before I started school,my father used to teach me & my 3 older brothers & 1 youger sister all sorts of big words.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ornithorhynchus

I'll just go & take a few more pics Nancy,be back soon.
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Hope this is good enough but I doubt it,have to wait until the sun is shining to get pics like those ones ^^^^ I put up earlier.



You can see how all the little bits join across though.
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 Posted 02/22/2012  03:35 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add larena to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Those initial pics are good appleangel07...what did you use?
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I took those pics in the shade but really bright daylight with my camera ( FujiFilm S3200 X 24 optical zoom ) with the chrome setting on & macro as well.
Really it is a point & shot camera but the settings take a bit of working out.
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Sorry to say, I'm still none the wiser.

I really can't say what it is or how it might have happened.

I am sort of inclined towards PMD, but in no way certain of it.

Better keep it though, just in case it turns out to be a rarity.
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 Posted 02/22/2012  4:21 pm  Show Profile Check goatieman23's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add goatieman23 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
As for the platypus (I'm not going to try to spell it's scientific name), that's one nasty looking scar. Pub brawl with broken glass? darn those hero platypusses.

I'd have to agree with bellyflorin with:

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wire/string on the die

It's not as common as it once was. I remember seeing many for Penny's & Halfpennies.
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 Posted 02/23/2012  05:10 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add appleangel07 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Rained all day here so did'nt get as good a picture as I would have liked but this one is better than the last.

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