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I found both these while digging at work and was wondering if they were some kind of fossil? 65276861035__1A586962-63E7-4FAA-BC95-9F45D54C3B79.MOV 65276856659__F9496067-45FD-469A-A586-BBA4DDA52101.MOV 65276856659__F9496067-45FD-469A-A586-BBA4DDA52101.MOV
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Hello everyone! My little brother made this nice find near Thrupp Lake in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK. The lake is close to the Thames river. It looks like some sort of shell fossil? The rock is about 8cm wide and 5cm tall. We'd appreciate any help identifying it! Thank you.
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Hi everyone this is matt again today in the creek I found this strange rock with lines in it does anyone know what it is ? here is a photo
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Everyone this is Matt again. I found this large rock that was a black color and in the middle of the rock there was a spot where there the ore had a strange brown color . I removed a sample of the brown ore to take some photos - can anyone tell me what this stuff is ? Here are 4 photos Hi
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I found this rock on the edge of the hill in my backyard in Helotes, Tx. The previous heavy rains have exposed a lot on my hillside. I am in sure what the wood looking pieces are in pictures 3&4. If anyone is familiar, that would be great.
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I believe my last post got moved from the Fossil ID discussion to this one, as is appropriate. I honestly had forgotten about some of the other discussion categories and will remember to post topics in the right place. This piece is another that has me having to ask. It's almost chalky but no powdery residue is left on my fingers what I handle it. It's sort of silky feeling and quite hard. It's very heavy for It's size, as well. Not as heavy as the magnetite of the same size that I compared it with, but heavier than expected. The rust color is from something nearby or in the sand at the bottom of the lake, several other pieces I picked up in the same spot had discoloration from iron. I say bottom of the lake just because the water is so low, I wasn't scuba diving in our local pond. What should I do to figure out what it is? The usual--burn, scratch, etc? Have fire, will travel! K
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Hi from Oklahoma. Please forgive any errors or posting faux pas. I did read the intro info but I might have missed something. And any tag suggestions would be welcome as well. I don't really go searching for rocks or fossils as much as they find me. As a landscaper, I spend a lot of time in their domain. I have a couple clients with big rock gardens that have indulged my love of collecting a few of their pretty or interesting rocks here & there. I know literally nothing about the rocks and fossils I've found other than they all caught my eye in some special way and have been found in the context of a flower bed. There's one in particular that sent me searching for answers. I'll post it one the fossil id forum next. I'm so interested to learn more. I have nieces and nephews at the first love of dinosaurs stage and would love to be able to teach them something too. I've added some pictures of my favorite ones. If anyone can point me in any directions of further reference or study I'd appreciate it so much. Hope everyone is having a lovely, happy, healthy & safe day. Thank you for your time. Stacey
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Hello everyone, I found this yesterday and can’t identify what it is , does anyone have more information about this . I found it in the sea of albania .
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Okay I don't even know what to say or think about this one. I've had it for some time & you can see why I kept it. It's just weird, it looks like whatever those "beans" are fell from enough of a height to make an indent in the ground below. I also had the thought that this was once part of a wall & these "beans" were dust particles on a bead of water that petrified in the bottom of the indent. The problem with that is the smaller one contradicts that idea unless the wall shifted reorienting this piece. Then on the other side it gets even more interesting. Now your looking at a hole with some kind of round object lodged in the bottom of it. Obviously this isn't the case but it looks like a "BB" shot into some mud. The "BB" has evenly spaced lines wrapping around it which you can see in the close-up picture. It's always fun to speculate about stuff like this but I'd really like to understand what I'm looking at here & how it happened. Thanks in advance.
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It's been a long time since I've done this, and a few weeks since renewing my membership here, but I've read the specs again and I think I'm ready to start posting the pieces that have brought me back to you experts here in this forum. I was in Pennsylvania when I joined the forum the first time. I am now in western Nebraska and have become more rockhound more than mudlark simply by the nature of what the earth brings up. Most of the time I am satisfied with my own identification or don't need one to be happy with a piece. I have recently found a couple of things that baffle me. I've been on the lookout for petrified wood, it's rather everywhere out here, and picked up the piece I'm posting here and two more I'll post separately. My guess is that they are likely petrified wood. However, they look like they could be something else that I dare not speak aloud lest I get my hopes up. If any of the three are this fossil of which I dare not speak, this ID post will tell me and I can be surprised and delighted. So, petrified wood or something else?
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I'm on holiday in Minehead England. I found this on the beach. The rock was black and crumbly. I broke it open and found this. Any idea if this is a fossil?
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From the album: MY SE MISSOURI FINDS
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From the album: MY SE MISSOURI FINDS
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From the album: MY SE MISSOURI FINDS
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From the album: MY SE MISSOURI FINDS
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From the album: MY SE MISSOURI FINDS
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From the album: MY SE MISSOURI FINDS
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From the album: MY SE MISSOURI FINDS
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From the album: MY SE MISSOURI FINDS
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From the album: MY SE MISSOURI FINDS
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From the album: MY SE MISSOURI FINDS
