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Hello I'm new to the group and need some help with revealing what I have been researching for the past 5 years. It would be nice if I could get someone to come and see what I have and guide me in this process of making it known to the geology world. I live in Virginia on the North end of Rockbridge county. The elevation here is right around 1800ft. The closest stream to me is a mile away and flows west to east. My property is a sediment bed from when water flowed east to west over a waterfall. In this sediment bed I have found something new. Please help.
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I am selling my dad's estate and came across these. He had purchased for me as I collect rocks and seashells. I want to sell them to defray burial expenses but dont feel comfortable doing so without knowing whether these are "real." Anyone willing to advise me as to authenticity? Value? Here are 3 pieces. They are approx 5" wide each. The first appears to be a clam shell. The next two appear to be sediments with shells or shell impressions.Locations unknown. Any help much appreciated! TY
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Am I the only one who loves the scent of the sediment in the Coon Creek formation?
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Found near a dry leg of the Rio Grande in Las Cruces NM. To my untrained eye it looks like possible bone?
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Before I get stoned to death for posting this here (lame pun intended)…let me just say that I honestly have no clue what I’m looking at here but I am not suggesting, nor am I of the mind—that it’s a fossil, but it was just so strange lookin’ that I couldn’t help my curiosity, so here I am asking for opinions on what caused this to form and what it’s composed of most likely (if anything other than limestone, that is…. (-__-). location- far nw San Antonio, tx , just outside the foothills of the hillcountry (helotes, tx) Again, I do want to apologize if this belongs in a strictly geological forum somewhere, I’d have probably posted it there instead, had I been aware of one existing which was similar to this platform but exclusively for weird ugly rock identification help (lol). Thanks in advance.
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I was taking a walk with my daughter this evening and these caught my eye as odd.
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Can I find fossils in blasted sediment near construction zone?
Walmart Bag posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Hey, so I currently live in Hyderabad, India. Im pretty sure theres no fossils generally being found over here (probably because theres almost 0 paleontologists here) however I did hear you can find fossils in sediments and/or quarries. There is a construction zone near my house where they have been blasting rock in this huge rock plateau. Do you think there could be fossils in the quarry or is that not really possible.
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My son found this rock a while back in the sandbar of a creek bed in Northeastern Kansas. We find all kinds of invertebrate fossils here regularly in/around creek beds, and thought this looked interesting, almost like dinosaur skin? Or some other fossil? I’m 99% positive it’s just some sedimentary rock, as it is cracked on all sides and common in sandbars here, but we’ve never found one like this and I thought it wouldn’t hurt to consult some more knowledgeable people.
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Hello fellow fossil members. I live in Lake Havasu. Enjoy the forum very much. I come across these two rocks, maybe fossils all the time but have no clue as to what they are. They are found near Lake Havasu in the Topack area of Golden Shores. Was an ocean bottom at one time. The small grey rock is 2 inches long and one inch wide and 1/2 inch tall. It is very light and grey color. The second image with two rocks in it look like teeth. They are covered in a white enamel looking material almost like white cake icing with a darker interior. They are both about 4 inches long and two inches wide and very light. The outer white band is very smooth. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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Found this laying on the surface of a flat sandy area in southern Maine. I'm not sure what it is.
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Fossilized Plant Stems? or just cracks in a rock filled with sediment (Missouri)
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
All of these are from the Winterset Limestone Formation and dated to the Pennsylvanian period Found in Missouri I found this in a rock that was completely covered in these structures and had many layers to them Here are a few I decided to take home with me Natural color in daylight (measurements are in the last photo of this specimen): Specimen #2 -
Helotes, Tx Part of this shell was sticking out of a chunk of sediment. I used a water pick to clear the rest of it. In trying to determine what kind of shell it is, I’ve found several that are similar, but none with the shell spiral as tight. The closest thing that I could find is below. This doesn’t seem correct considering my location. Placostylus porphyrostomus is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bothriembryontidae. This species is endemic to New Caledonia.
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I have pulled all of the dark sediment. Below it is more of the sediment that I’ve been finding. On the top of it is a white powdery substance. Is this just efflorescence? It’s also on the bottom side of some of the darker sediment.
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What is the best way to work sediment pieces without completely destroying everything? There are two spots in my backyard that my dog constantly digs at. Both of them are in different ares of my concrete porch, within about six feet of each other. Below is a piece that I removed recently.
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Below is a piece of sediment that I pulled from my yard here in San Antonio, Tx. I’m just not 100% sure on what type of rock this is sitting on top of the sediment.
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San Antonio, Tx How long will vegetation in sediment stay alive? I’ve had this piece of sediment that I found here at my house set aside for about two months.
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San Antonio, Tx I was curious as to what would cause a difference in sediment coloring? This piece isn’t like the other hardened sediment pieces I’ve found in my yard. The others are more brown or tan in color.
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San Antonio, Tx Do limestone and/or sediment formations tend to repeat a formation in similar shapes and sizes? The one on the top left appears to be a clay bottle.
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Is this just fossil mud with worm holes?
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My father found this in the mid 70s in Eastern NM off the side of a road after a rain storm. He thinks it washed out from the ground. It is larger than a fist and very dense. The white is paint my dad accidentally got on it. Looks like a rope tied around it and cross crossed; 2 areas look knotted. I wondered if it is a petrified drinking apparatus. Any ideas?
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I am fortunate to have moved to the Bighorn Basin in Northern Wyoming with all of the awesome geologic structures and fossils. I work in healthcare but love learning about all things science. Wyoming is awesome...where else can your son's 8th grade class take a field trip to dig up trilobites (and bring them home) and walk in dinosaur footprints. Anyways, saw this structure in sediment rock in the northern bighorn basin. The rock layer is just below the red chugwater dirt layer (I think). There are multiple coin sized fossilized shells and softball sized coral pieces. This structure in the picture appears to extend in to the rock layer which is fractured along the right edge of the structure. Just wondering what this might be. Thanks, Dean
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I found this yesterday in a field in Southern Central Minnesota. The field borders a prairie pothole lake. I also found a small shell impression in a sedimentary rock there in the past. In the photos there are 2 like impressions that continue around the piece. Appreciate your thoughts. Thank you.
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I found this (rock canyon anticline) and was curious as to how these might form. Hoping someone might have an idea.
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Ok here are some interresting finds, I suspect they are fossils, suspiciously looking like bones, some occasions there's indication of merrel. Location: edge of Moni formation, 3km from sea, 3-5million years old. Under the very end of a series of limestone slabs, in a layer of mud. All in a 2 square meter radious, attaching also some I could not remove from there. diameters vary from 5mm to 35mm and the longest is 20cm. Near by I found also oyster parts and other bivalves and a couple of plant shaped white material embeded in stone. here we go: 1) all together 2-4) sample 1 5-9) sample 2 see next post for the rest
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Hello all! It's been a while since I've been on the forum but I'm back with a question that has been nagging at me. Where does one search for Pleistocene fossils in Nova Scotia? Most of the fossils in my collection are composed of shale and depict leaves and sticks. Not that there's anything wrong with them, it's just that my the Pleistocene epoch has really caught my interest these last few weeks. My internet research hasn't provided any fruit so I thought I would bring my question to this wonderful community of fossil experts and hunters. I know that mastodon and other Pleistocene fossils have been found in Nova Scotia before, one mastodon was found only a few km from where I live. Are Pleistocene fossils not as common as ones with older age? I am hoping that you can give me some suggestions on what to look for and where to look. And possibly some information on how common these fossils are. Thanks Boris
