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til · @steevc · Nov 28 '16

$11.72

TIL: Dinosaur dung mining was a local industry

If you enjoy trivia then the [No such thing as a fish](http://qi.com/podcast) podcast could be for you. It's produced by the researchers behind the QI TV panel show. One of the items in episode 141 was about [coprolite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolite), which is fossilised dinosaur faeces. Apparently there was a thriving industry mining it in the 19th century as it was high in phosphates for fertilise. One on the centres for this in England was the village of [Shillington](http://www.shillington-history.org.uk/Pages/Coproliteindustry/coprolite_industry.htm), which is just a few miles from me in Bedforshire. Miners could earn a lot more than other jobs in the countryside at the time.

![Dung](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Precious_the_Coprolite_Courtesy_of_the_Poozeum.jpg)
Image from [WIkimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Precious_the_Coprolite_Courtesy_of_the_Poozeum.jpg)

The largest collection of coprolite belongs to a [guy in the US](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/11/fossilised-poop-collector-enters-guinness-world-records-2017-book-450591). Good specimens can be worth a lot of money.

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@ithinkican · Nov 28 '16

hahahaha

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@mallorcaman · Nov 28 '16

How cool I never heard about this  before.

👍 steevc

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@roswellrockman · Nov 28 '16

$0.39

Coprolite is still highly sought after in the rock, gem, and mineral society. I have several pieces in my store and in my collection.

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@steevc · Nov 28 '16

I'm sure it is, but is there still any large scale industry digging it up?

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@roswellrockman · Nov 28 '16

That I don't know. I do know that the multi-colored coprolite ass well as agatized petrified wood is sought after by jewelers.

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