Simonsaz Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Hello, have purchased this stone for a few years. Here is my question: is it just a stone, or a fossil? It was found in wyoming. Looking forward to your expertise. Kind regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Looks like a stone to me. Maybe metamorphic shale. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonsaz Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) Oh no, I was afraid of that. When I bought it, it was sold to me as diplodocus bones ok then I had bad luck. Thanks for the reply Edited August 1, 2022 by Simonsaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Walker Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Stone looking as color varies alot across it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonsaz Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 Too bad, then I have paid a lot of money for a stone ^^ thanks for your answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadrosauridae Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I do think this leans more toward "fossil" than just a rock, but I don't think its what it was sold as. The striations make me think more towards fossilized wood than bone. If it is bone, it would be impossible to identify to any specific animal. It would be an indeterminate bone fragment. 2 "There is no shortage of fossils. There is only a shortage of paleontologists to study them." - Larry Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 heavily mineralized bone or plant for me. Not definite, just an educated guess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 @jpc @Troodon 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...
Troodon Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I'm in the bone camp on this one. Impossible to say what it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Chunk-O-Saurus The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Looks boney form here, but genuine chunkosaur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Harvey Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 4 hours ago, FossilNerd said: Chunk-O-Saurus I just got back from a Diplodocus dig in Montana. This looks identical to the bones we were finding. I am firmly in the chunk-a-saur camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonsaz Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Thank you for the great news but I'm relieved. But you see how many here did not agree whether it is a fossil at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I stand corrected. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 With a chunk-o-saurus type find without any distinctive articulating ends to help identify it, identifications from images are difficult. This accounts for the variation in assessments. I have seen a lot of very weathered fossilized bone and agree that I'm seeing bone texture here. So it looks like you did purchase a fossilized bone and not stone but do to its rough shape and lack of precise locality information I'm guessing it will never be identified as more than a chunk-o-saurus. Hopefully, this purchase was not overly expensive. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonsaz Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) I find then already a lot of money for a fossil that you can not clearly identify. Next time I will ask here before I buy something Edited August 2, 2022 by Simonsaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 9 hours ago, Simonsaz said: Next time I will ask here before I buy something Always a great idea--especially for fossils that you don't have deep knowledge about. We cannot give valuations here on the forum but we can give our opinion as to the quality or even authenticity of fossils that are up for sale. Never hurts to check it out before you purchase and add it to your collection. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonsaz Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 That's what I'm going to do. Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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