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Hello, looking for assistance in identifying the recent find. Many thanks in advance!

Okay so now that I have found a group of individuals to help me identify.... I would love to know what find of petrified wood I have collected.. species and mineralization would be helpful. I have stuff that I can't find online. I'll start with the first two that I can't even tell if they are wood or not... All help is incredibly appreciated. Found these two river tumbled pieces south of Green River, Utah. Jurassic I think? Very different from everything else in the field.. Looks agatized? Thank you! Trenton

Hi folks, by way of introduction I am a retired guy with way too much time on his hands and a brain that is definitely out of step with an old body. I found my first fossil in my backyard when I was four years old. It was also my last find for over 65 years, or around the time the first sentence in this intro sunk into my thick head. The first find has long since disappeared but the interest in all things hidden has reemerged. I guess that is my way of saying that for this person the hunt is as, if not more important, than the finding. Still, it's hard to "jump start" an interest when mobility is lower than native curiosity, if you know what I mean. I am hoping to travel into eastern Oregon soon on a collecting trip. In the mean time the Oregon Coast has attracted my attention as a fertile "hunting ground" and I plan to improve my knowledge of local sites and finds. I also am a member of the Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals and debating whether or not joining NARG (North America Research Group) as well as extending my scientific interest in both mineralogy and fossils. I hope to answer as many of my own questions as possible, but I also am very much interested in learning from others and sharing what I know. I am looking for a collecting/exploring friend and am well equipped for field trips - at least, I think I am well equipped. But perhaps I can learn more about gear, collection and preservation techniques, and maybe making a friend or two in the process. I hope to hear from members within and outside of Oregon. Good Hunting! John

We are intermediate paleontological researchers, historians, -hunters as well as collectors interested in preserving and continually expanding our educational research in the field. Our passion is research, educating our youth, collecting as well as repairing and reconstructing of fossil specimens.

Hello! My name is Ann Cooper and I wanted to stop in and introduce myself. I am originally from Indianapolis, but I have lived in Utah for 20 years. Growing up in an inner-city, I did not have much access to the outdoors, wildlife, nature and ancient life sciences. However, I always knew deep down, that I wanted to explore and discover the things that came before me. I eagerly thumbed through books on dinosaurs, fossils and similar sciences. At the age of 8 or so, I can remember digging a small square in my backyard and setting up a grid to log what I found. A school field trip to a State Park in Southern Indiana fueled my passion to find more when I saw large areas of limestone and was allowed to take a piece home with me. I had never seen anything like it. Today, I am just as excited to find those pieces of our ancient history as I was as a child. Hope to get some fossil identifications as well as possibly provide some insight as well.

Hi, can anyone identify this? Thanks.

Hi! I am Kim from Pocatello, Idaho. Love rocks and fossils of all kinds!! I am originally from Michigan and grew up cutting teeth on Petosky stones from Grand Traverse Bay. I found this site trying to identify if I jave have some fossilized bone. I have several rocks that ai believe to be fossils. Excited to see what you all say!! Rock Geeks Unite!! Kim

‘Rock Person’: Vermonter Talks About How She Became a Geologist By Kitson Jazynka, The Washington Post, Tuesday, March 21, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/smithsonian-geologist-digs-up-clues-to-earths-beginnings/2017/03/13/dc2dccb4-0419-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html http://www.vnews.com/Smithsonian-geologist-digs-up-clues-to-Earth-s-beginnings-8794592 Elizabeth Cottrell Mineral Sciences - Staff Smithsonian Institution http://mineralsciences.si.edu/staff/pages/cottrell.htm Elizabeth Cottrell's Publications http://mineralsciences.si.edu/staff/pages/cottrell/publications.htm Yours, Paul H.

Hi! I just moved to Vernon BC from Merritt, and from Kamloops before that. I have been an avid rock hound and fossil hunter for many years and have often found myself on this site while in pursuit of answers to my oft asked query "What is this thing?" I have only been in Vernon a couple of weeks so I have yet to find any good digging... Also it is December... But I have had a lot of luck in both Merritt and Kamloops and look forward to comparing samples and learning from you all!

How is everyone? My name is James. I am from Casper Wyoming. I have been into rock and fossil hunting for as long as I can recall. Looking forward to sharing and reading along with you all.