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I found this in my yard. There was once a railroad bed nearby. I find a ton of fossils near my home, but I have no idea if this is indeed something fossilized, something related to the railroad, or just a very strange rock. Thanks!

Hey there I wanted to introduce myself because I'm completely new to not only the website but also the field or any field entirely. Many many props to you paleontologists and archaeologists and scientists because I would consider myself have a fairly intelligent individual in general but trying to self teach about fossils when you don't know the first thing is not the easiest LOL I've always been pretty outdoorsy and love the idea of fossil hunting and always have but it wasn't until recently that I moved to one of the most perfect places for it... Northern Colorado. To be honest it took a few years before I even had a clue that rock hunting is even a thing though. In the past two or three years I've gotten more and more fascinated with Mother Nature and her ability to create things far more beautiful than I could even imagine. For the most part I've collected cool rocks I've seen here and there but because I've got an 8-year-old that loves to follow suit, it can be tricky to remember 100% where these rocks have come from. I can tell you for sure most of them if not all of them I would bet money came from the same place which just happens to be what I would imagine is as perfect as any for something like fossils really be at. So I've gone back and forth saying that it's totally possible to find a kick butt fossil but then I tell myself there's really just no way I'd be lucky enough and all I've got is a really pretty Rock I can put my garden. In the back of my mind I've wondered though for a long time now and so I thought that I'd come on here and ask for some advice from some of you guys if you wouldn't mind. I'm making three posts of my number three favorites I think is what I'm going to do and then cross my fingers. I'll expect there just rocks for my garden and hope for the best. If you could please let me know if you have any idea for sure if this might be any kind of a fossil or even maybe a semi-precious Stone or interesting mineral. Anything would help at all and thank you for your time

Sorry for the low image quality, I have nowhere else to photograph stuff (my desk is not better either )

Hi, I have a bunch of rocks from all around Alberta, and would really appreciate some help identifying them. I don’t have too much confidence that these are in fact fossils, and am sure most of them will turn out to be oddly shaped rocks. Thank you to everyone to takes the time to look at this post to help me figure this out! These are the “fossils” from my most recent outing with the location written above corresponding images. 1. I found this near the top of the tree line on Longview mountain beside a small steep canyon carved by a stream of meltwater coming down the mountain. The fossil was on top of the canyon. About 50 feet above where the bottom is now, on the loose rocks on the side of the canyon. 2. This rock was on top of Longview mountain in some rolling hills of shale. It has two very interesting bits that stick out, but there are small bumps all over this face of the rock, and if you can tell from the picture, I would love to know if those are fossils as well. 3. This next one was found in the same rolling hills of shale mentioned above. I unfortunately broke it into two pieces while trying to clean it up 4. this next one was on the rocky beach of a fairly large lake in the same area, closer to Banff I believe. I will edit the comment and put in the exact location once I figure it out from looking at a map. It has interesting protrusions all over it, and one side is full of little holes. My thoughts were maybe coral and a small nautilus type creature perhaps? Or maybe just weird rocks… 5. I have fairly low confidence in this one. Also from the mountains of bighorn Alberta, bordering jasper national park, a bit father North than Longview mountain. I think that’s enough for this post, it won’t let me add too many more images( I may have put too many of the same rock…) please let me knows your thoughts, and each set is labeled with a number to make referencing them easier in comments. Thanks again for taking the time to look through my strange rock collection, and please let me know if more information and/or images are needed. I am exited to see finally learn if these are fossils or just some wacky rocks!

Found this in the water on the beach in Omiš, Croatia. There are three prominant dark curved lines across one of the surfaces. Dont know if its just a rock or if its something else?