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Petrified wood, stalagtite, agatized bone or a hunk of quartz?
heatherhjorth posted a topic in Fossil ID
Here's something I found while rockhounding in my back yard in Richmond, VA. There are an abundance of agates in the area which is (I believe) geologically speaking, from the Cretaceous period. The striations on the broken side looked different from the other cracked quartz pieces from the area. They looked more like pores. It could be xylem from something botanical, but the rounded part makes it look like a joint. Also, on the rounded side, there is a part of it that looks like it might be where a tendon would attach to bone. There are numerous limestone caves in Virginia, so perhaps it is a stalactite? Or, maybe it's just another hunk o' quartz. I apologize for the omission of a metric ruler for scale, but I've included a US quarter for scale. (US Quarter 24.26 mm or 2.426 cm) Thanks for looking!- 2 replies
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