rEMOTEkING Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) I found this strange fossil/rock/bone buried in sand on my property in Bellevue, WA 98004 USA. The property is on Lake Washington and the area where is was found suffered quite a bit from erosion due to winter storms. The specimen was buried in glacial till saturated in water. It was pretty smelly when I first found it. But, as it has dried, it is less odious. It appears to have a layer of casing and you can see where that has chipped away in some places. It seems to be some kind of fossilized bone. Since it was found lower than the level of the lake on Lake Washington and the area where it was located was covered in about 2 meters of dirt until we did some landscaping to create a beach, and the lake level was lowered about 3 meters in 1916, it has been wet for a very long time. Any ideas if this is of any interest? Thanks, Bill. Edited July 21, 2020 by rEMOTEkING Added images to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Hi, it’s best too have the pictures directly too the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rEMOTEkING Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 All better now. Thanks for the feedback. Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 It looks like a concretion to me, but maybe someone else will see something fossil related in it. Thanks for posting and welcome to the Fossil Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rEMOTEkING Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 Thank you. I have considered that. And I’m perfectly willing to accept it. But, this does not seem like a concretion. It has a very well defined, uniform light colored layer around a dark core. When it breaks off, that layer is hard but can be crushed into a powdery dust. I don’t want to damage it to determine what the core is made of. Also, there don’t appear to be any other components. So it’s a very specific concretion if it is one. I have worked this property for 20+ years and I have never seen anything like this. Lastly, I have found a few native stone tools in the same location that a local expert said date to between 3000-6000 years old. bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 + 1 for concretion. Welcome to the Forum. 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...
rEMOTEkING Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 +1 for concretion. I opened it up and it's definitely a concretion. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now