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Are these fossils? And if so, what of? Found under Seacliff Bridge in New South Wales
spagbutcher posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi everyone! I'm new to fossil hunting and I found a few interesting rocks underneath Sea Cliff Bridge near Wollongong in Australia. There was a lot of coal in the area for context. I will attach some photos of the rocks I found, I'm particularly interested in the small white (quartz??) lines intersecting the black part of the stone. Any help would be hugely appreciated! Thanks
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Hello everyone, This fossil really has really puzzled me, when I first found it, I assumed it was just a stick. (A cool stick, nonetheless.) On closer examination, however, it appears to have a 'vein' running through each of the three prongs and none of the typical woody texture you see on most wood specimens. Could it be a leaf?? Can someone help me figure this out? Thanks! The longest projection measures 2.5 inches. @piranha @Top Trilo @Rockwood
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Literally a stick found in mud. It is 300,000 years old and was used by a Neanderthal or other hominid to hunt with. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/300000-year-old-throwing-stick-shows-human-ancestors-were-skilled-hunters-180974730/
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Hi guys! I'm looking for a removable adhesible similar to "blu tack" but without the consequences it has when removing sticked pieces such as bones. Do you know any please? What do you use to display articulated fossils? Than you in advance
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While rockhounding in the area of the Niagara Penninsula, I found an odd-shaped piece of metal about 5 inches beneath very thick, wet mud. The place in which I found the object was in a very shallow stream, which ran over sedimentary rock of the pre-Cambrian shield. After a closer inspection at home, I believe I may have found an iron-mineralized piece of a petrified wood, intertwined with two separate vines. A friend suggested it may be a rusty drill bit although I have doubts based on the location it was found. It is 3 1/2" long and 3/4" wide. It is heavy and seems hard like a metal. It is somewhat magnetic. It appears mostly brown, with spots of orange, and some light brown mud residue. I am assuming the vibrant orange colour is rust although there are also pale-orange spots which resemble the interior of a stick. Before cleaning the specimen, I would appreciate any opinions/advice. I am only able to attach two photos, but I will upload the rest in the response section. Any help is much appreciated!
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Please tell me what this fossil is and what animal it is if that makes sense! Thanks
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Hello...I'm a weekend rockhound guy. So I admit I don't know as much as I would like to regarding this hobby of mine. A couple of weeks ago, I was digging around in an exposed layer of black shale in northeastern Oklahoma looking for pyrite crystals and marcasite nodules which I found plenty of...but...at one point deep in my dig, I came across a layer of gray clay that I could easily mold in my hand. As I scraped away the clay, I came across what appeared to be approximately a 10 inch long petrified stick or something similar. I have attached some photo's. If any of you have ever seen this before, what is it? It appears to be as hard as the black shale that it was surrounded by but remember it was in a clay pocket. It was already broken within the pocket but aligned so you could tell it was one piece at some point. Any help is appreciated...TIA!!
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This is the 5th in a series of fossil ID questions - this one relates to two stick shaped fossils collected on our Sept. 16 trip to the 380 million year old Devonian site in Juniata County, PA. Devonian plants and trees are hard to find in Pennsylvania because so much was underwater however there were sticks and twigs and stems that did sink into the mud and get preserved. The question is, did we find two of those during our Juniata trip? Are these stick shaped fossils from plants or trees, or something else? Opinions, please... This stick shaped sample has a long thin piece extending at the bottom which appears to be part of the main fossil, which may (or may not) offer a clue: Here is another fossil from the same site/trip which has a similar form factor - it is in green shale - this bulges out a bit at the base:
