Sheryl Belzile Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 We live approx. 3kms from the Pipestone Creek bone bed. I volunteer in the lab at the museum once in a while. My grandkids and I were snooping around in our rock pile (we built on our acreage in 2001), that we piled up as we did the new build and cleaned up the yard. We found this weird rock. I left a message with Derek and emailed a couple of pics to him as well. Have not heard from anyone as yet. Just thought that I would share and ask what this is? It weighs between 16 and 17 pounds and is approx. 24cm long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Tis huge, but i think it is a septarian concretion. Nice find. 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Belzile Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 Thanks for responding. Should we break it open or should I take it over to our dinosaur museum when we open back up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Sheryl Belzile said: Thanks for responding. Should we break it open or should I take it over to our dinosaur museum when we open back up? Take a look at these pics and then you can decide for yourself. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Welcome to the Forum. Nice septarian nodule. I kind of like it the way it is. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger9a Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I found they look mostly the same inside as out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Belzile Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 Wow! Well, now this whole family definitely wants to "see" inside it. I think that we are now "hooked" and we will never look at our yard in the same way again. lol! Thank you all for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 If You do open it - cut it rather than breaking it. You will have a much nicer looking piece. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger9a Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Have you cracked it open? If so, what did you find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Very nice septarian. Keep it as is. The inside looks pretty much like the outside, and unless you can find a diamond-bladed saw big enough to cut it, it's not worth it. It will break into fragments as defined by the lines you see on the surface. In other words you'll just end up with a bunch of smaller rocks that don't look as cool. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Belzile Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 25/05/2020 at 4:02 PM, Mark Kmiecik said: Very nice septarian. Keep it as is. The inside looks pretty much like the outside, and unless you can find a diamond-bladed saw big enough to cut it, it's not worth it. It will break into fragments as defined by the lines you see on the surface. In other words you'll just end up with a bunch of smaller rocks that don't look as cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Belzile Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 To those folks who said to not cut it open, I say to you, eat your heart out. You are just jealous. We got a masonry outfit to cut it open for us a couple of days ago and our son in law did some work to one half. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Good looking rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Nice job. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Very nice -- now you know why I said cut it instead of crack it. The inside of many rocks looks much cooler than the weathered outside. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Belzile Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) Our son in law is a machinist and he is a "rock hound" lol, too. He knew exactly what to do with the sanding disks and polish. I took the unfinished half (which is going to my other daughter) to the lab at our dinosaur museum to show it off, but everyone was out at the bone bed for the last "Paleontologist for a day" for the summer. Summer staff, Robyn took pictures though. Thank you to all for answering my query. We will be looking at our field rocks differently from now on, for sure. Edited September 1, 2020 by Sheryl Belzile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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