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Hi, I’ve recently come back from a trip near Benson, Arizona on public land, and found this rock with a fossil. I myself am not a fossil expert or collector, but I’m curious as to what I’ve picked up, thank you. The dimensions are about 1.905 cm x 5.08cm
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I'm wondering if anyone can provide a source or two on the geologic formation of "wonderstone" from Tooele County, Utah. I know it is volcanic in origin, but what formation and what geologic age? What overlies/underlies this rock? Do we know where and which volcano is responsible? Have fossils ever been found in there before? Google has not been excessively helpful in searching for this information.
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I found a quartz I think but I don't know what kind it is ?
matthew textor posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi everyone this is matt again today in the creek I found this quarts cristal. I think there are many types of quarts crystals does anyone know what kind this quarts crystal could be ? here is a photo
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nice granite rock with crystals all over it in the creek today
matthew textor posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
hi everyone this is matthew again today I found a large piece of granite that I broke apart and it was loaded with crystals here is a photo
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Hello, I found this very strange rock. It has what looks like a fossil impression? And this strange hole that has scale-like structures in it. Is anybody able to tell me anything about this? Sorry there's no scale, I couldn't find a ruler. It's about 10cm long. I found it in Northamptonshire, UK. Thanks.
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hi everyone this is matthew again today in the creek I found this strange rock with a lot of red dots all over it does anyone know what it is ? here is a photo
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I found this in our yard years ago while digging for landscaping. Does anyone know what this might be?
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Hello new member here, my name is Robert! I found this site while searching google in an attempt to identify some beautiful items I came across recently while at the beach in san francisco. I understand most of you guys refer to yourself as amateurs, though reading a few forum topics before creating my account I was impressed with the amount of detailed information in regards to your studies and findings. That being said I must admit I am %110 amateur in my knowledge of fossils, different time periods, etc. So please forgive me if I seem to ask simple questions like I don't know what I am talking about, I am still learning. WELL, in regards to the piece I am hoping to learn about (please see attached image). I recently found it while I was at the beach in San Francisco area. It measures 2 and 3/4 inches wide, 2 inches tall, with a shallow depth of a 1/4 inch. My main question is...WHAT is it!? I've seen many sand dollar fossils, coral rock fossils, clam fossils recently on the beaches here, but I've only seen one like this. The milky white crescent shaped object that is offset to the right of the center of the stone, looks like a tiny shrimp or something (again , please forgive my lack of knowledge). Also, the only thing I can relate the slightly irridecesent dark blue-ish streaks to are the inside of some of the mussel shells that I see on the beaches here, so maybe it is in relation to that...? Again, I have no idea but I do speculate much as I've recently grew heavy in interest on the subject and those alike. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone has some pointers on or can possibly identify this, what I believe to be, fossil stone of some sort. I have many photos of all the beautiful items I've recently collected, and needless to say, so many questions I wish to ask you all in regards to them. I am planning to post detailed images of them all in the My collections section but for some reason most of my pictures on my phone exceed the "Max total size of 3.95MB" in the image upload section so I am going to try and take some different pics that are "uploadable". I would be more than happy to take new pics or zoom in closer on any specific area(s), if needed or necessary. Thank you all for your time
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I found this while rock hunting in the Stanislaus river, Modesto, CA. If anyone can help identify it I would be very grateful. Thank you.
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Hi everyone, would you please help me identify this rock? Found in Guye formation in Washington state (Paleocene to Eocene). Thank you so very much!
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Hi this is matt again can anyone tell me what kind of rock this could be ?? I found it in the creek today and I have no clue what it is here are 2 photos
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I just got back from Satellite Beach, Florida and picked up something that looked like a coprolite. There were many of them and I grabbed the smallest one. How do I know what it is?
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Found this in my backyard. There were some stones nearby that looked like they could be Native American tools. Very smooth to the touch. Any info would be helpful! Found in Neenah, WI.
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3 cm high 2 cm long half a centimeter deep, Rogersville Alabama Half mile from the river mixture of red dirt brown dirt and some sand. This area was all Underwater for millions of years and then it was home to Native Americans, then white settlers. It’s near a plantation that grew cotton, but was closer to the slave quarters then it was the actual Cottonfield.I would say it’s a piece of sponge because it has some porous off white or light brown material in between the dark gray, light brown areas in red. I think the red might come from iron rich dirt and is responsible for some of the purple hued areas also. To be honest it does look like a wad of bubble gum that you would get from under your desk I put a Dremel grinder to it and it didn’t really do much damage it looked the same when I was done. Of course I didn’t want to mess up all of it. Any guesses or any other prep work I should do to get it more detail would be much appreciated thank you. I’ll post another couple of pictures under this maybe that will help
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Hi there, so I came across this rock awhile ago. I found it in the mountains just west of fort Collins, co. I've spent a lot of time trying to find information on it but not having much luck. It's pretty hard, doesn't leave a streak and has weird layers. It's around 2 inches or so and round-ish. Hope the pictures are good enough. If not, I can always take more. Thank you for any info!
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Geologists get Rock Emojis Scientists Love Their Emojis, But It's Complicated Nell Greenfieldboyce, All Things Considered, February 12, 2020 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/12/805202513/scientists-their-emojis-but-its-complicated We need to petition in Unicode Commission for a trilobite emojis. :-) Yours, Paul H.
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Hi All, My instinct says this one’s a dud. But it was just too unusual not to investigate. Any leads or answers are appreciated, as always. -size is approx 15x20cm -found on the beach -Haida Gwaii (near Alaska) Thank you!
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Found this formation on the bank of the Dnieper River, Ukraine, Kherson region. Sizes: 73mm length and 32mm width. Composition: the surface layer consists of steatite; the next layer is similar in color to the bone, has many small (less sand) and a little medium-sized pores, a hardness of about 4,5-5, actively foams under the action of hydrochloric acid; the inner layer of blue material has a dense structure similar to flint or chalcedony with impurities, chalcedony does not scratch. Can it be hidrotermal metamorphic fossil, or simply geology formation?
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NEED HELP!!! Is This Just an Iron Concretion or A Preserved Fossil?
Kurufossils posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone, I am in desperate need of help with a huge debate I have been having with a friend over fossils preserved in ironstone concretions. From some of what I had read to some advice from other members I it possible to find vertebrate bone among shells and other mollusks preserved in an ironstone concretion. Whether it leaves a trace of the organism, morphs the organic material into the structure of the iron concretion through the decomposition with preserving, or whatever else it may be it seems to be possible. So recently I have hunted a place known to have recorded marine cretaceous shell and other mollusk found in ironstone concretion as well as cretaceous plants in shale, it seems like not to vast of enough study has been done there only from what I know, but since no vertebrate material had yet been discovered there though there can maybe be the possibility. I found these two particularly distinct pieces in iron concretions that exactly mimic the scute structure of soft shell turtle and croc in my opinion, I know how iron concretions are famous for leaving psuedofossils and such but these two pieces look way to exact and since its possible for shells and mollusks to preserve why not scutes? So I am here looking to end this debate, I'm looking for your opinion, can these be labeled as fossils, traces, etc? Or are these among some of the world's best iron concretions and nothing more. Your input especially if you are very experience in this subject would be tremendously appreciated.
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I found this a week ago walking on Myrtle Beach. We were looking for sharks teeth, and found a few, but also found this. The shape, and slits underneath that to me look a little like gills, make me think it could be a turtle head or maybe I need of American carving. Any thoughts?
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Started learning about rocks recently. I want to learn more, if you are able to help me identify them thanks
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Checking on three more specimens found on Myrtle Beach - I labeled them 4/5/6. I'm very curious about #6. The more I look at it, the more it doesn't look like a bone.
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