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A few years ago, I was at a wedding at a location that had some short, decorative stone walls. The stones were just piled on top of each other. In one of the top stones was a cool fossil of some sort. The stone was about 18 x 24 x 8 inches (very approximate as I've since broken it and hadn't ever measured the full stone) and weighed about 15 pounds (again approximate). I asked the owners whether I could take the stone, and they graciously said I could. Here's a picture of the fossil: I can't say what geological strata it's from because I found it in a wall. I'm not good at identifying types of stone either (granite?). It's very heavy and hard, though. (Also, sorry about the imperial measurement. I'll get an inches/cm tape soon.) I'm interested to know whether anybody can identify it. Here are a few more pics from different angles. The last pic is more close-up and you can see some of the fossil texture that I think are from the original shell: Let me know what you think!
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From the album: Finds From the Ordovician -488 to 443 MYA-
Section of Endoceras, from the Collingwood member of the Lindsay (Cobourg) Fm. -
From the album: My Finds
The nautiloid Endoceras, found in Winnebago Co. in northern Illinois. It's most likely from the Galena or Platteville group (Ordovician period).-
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