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I was very lucky to go with the Esconi fossil club this May to collect Mason Creek concretions. I want to thank every member of that club for help and friendliness to a stranger. I brought back a number of concretions. This one certainly has something in it, but it is not complete and I have no idea what it is ( or isnt). All help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated

Looking for a little help on this piece- Flora, Fauna, nothing? I have not seen anything like this before, it was found at Pit 11.

I had a great, brief opportunity to collect Mazon nodules at a private site. I'm new to this deposit, but really excited to start understand the material. I've started the freeze-thaw on the bulk of specimens, and ordered my copies of the Wittry books, but will post a few specimens that were already exposed or split at the time of collection. Thanks for your help in advance @Nimravis @stats @RCFossils @deutscheben @Mark Kmiecik @Runner64 Specimen 1 (6cm nodule diameter): found as a half, already split. As a newbie, I'm not sure if this anything, but following your guidance to post everything ( @Runner64 @Mark Kmiecik : this is the specimen I thought had superficial resemblance to the example you posted in the other thread). The light region in the middle has some relief to it, as evident in D. There may be a feature that looks a bit like a flower, with a "central disc" and 3 or 4 radiating "petals" with repeating geometric patterning near one edge, visible in B on the bottom right, and in D on the right. Specimen 2 (5.5cm on longest axis): Already quite exposed, with apparent 3d preservation. The bundle of tube-like branches converges at the bottom of A, E. F, H and J offer the view of that bottom. There maybe be a "stalk cross section" of sorts, with a pale central disc and a circumference of notches at the base (best seen in J). There are "tubercles" protruding through the matrix and on the branches (C, D, E). Between this "stalk cross section" and the tube-like branches, there seems to be a rough bark-like structure (H and J). In addition to an ID, I'd love advice on if/how this should be prepped further. The matrix has a network of cracks in it. As I was handling the piece, a small corner of mostly matrix popped off (a small knob of red matrix in F and J is gone in H, revealing a bit of that bark-like structure, but also damaging it a bit, I think). Should I use consolidant to protect it? Can the large large flap of matrix in A and I be removed? Is this a job for an air scribe (which I don't have). I have the sense there may be more tube-like branches under thin regions of matrix in the C and D views (possibly all the way around? G possibly shows the ends of the black branches at the broken top of the piece). Looking forward to hearing what you all think.

Here's a couple that I have no clue on ID. I'm asking the usual gang to help with ID, and anyone else with an educated guess. @connorp @fiddlehead @deutscheben @Nimravis @RCFossils @stats