proartfx Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Found this little guy in a junk store in Cleveland, Ohio for a few bucks. It has the weight of concrete with what appears to be two different types of rock-like textures. Some shapes appear to be organic or skin-like and the outside "rock" looks to be pitted or have pores. I placed a quarter and a ruler for scale as well as multiple views. Rock? Fossil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Sorry, I'm not seeing anything fossily about this. I think you have an interestingly shaped rock. Regards, 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...
Taogan Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I can't see anything organic in origin either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proartfx Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Thanks so far for the opinions! Doing what I can to narrow down the search. Trying some geology forums as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'd call it a water-worn septarian concretion of some sort - not a fossil, but I do find similar things in my fossil-hunting spots, too bad you don't know where exactly it was found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proartfx Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 I can't say I know where it was found. I plan to attend a meeting at the Natural History Museum in Cleveland in a few weeks where you can bring in fossils and rocks. Perhaps I'll get an explanation there? I'll be sure to post any solid updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgoods55 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 It's unusual alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Eklund Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 (edited) Looks like a Fluorite Septarian Concretion/Nodule to me. The purple material appears to have crystal faces... Fluorite. The rest is a limestone or limey part of the concretion. Probably sourced from Illinois. Since I am a detail person... well sometimes... I want the 25 cent piece on the first photo, second row. Anybody notice something wrong with this one? If you can get more of those... I will double your money. Better yet, I will give One Whole Dollar for one like this quarter dollar. Because... we are all friends and take care of one another on the Fossil Forum. I had better put in bold something that was important in my post... Edited March 2, 2014 by Ray Eklund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Since I am a detail person... well sometimes... I want the 25 cent piece on the first photo, second row. Anybody notice something wrong with this one? Good eye! Ha... Looks like the image got mirrored somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 ...the 25 cent piece on the first photo, second row. Anybody notice something wrong with this one?... Good eye! Ha... Looks like the image got mirrored somehow. The image is reversed; look at the scale on the ruler, it is also reversed. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Flourite in a amigdoidal concretion? "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Eklund Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Auspex. You can have the ruler. I wanted the 25 cent piece! The rock is also reversed. You can have that as well. Anyone notice the possibilities of the Flourite Septarian? Or should I say nairatpeS etiruolF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Eklund Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Flourite in a amigdoidal concretion? Amygdules or amygdaloids are extrusive or intrusive rock features. This thing is a Flourite Septarian. I would bet your fossil collection on this. (Can I have first pickings?) The only clue left is what the material, around this possibly Flourite interior, may be composed. That would help to know the hardness. Softer than a steel blade... Fluorite Septarian. Harder than a steel blade... I would consider it "diverted electrons" metamorphosed into cosmoglastic flourite. It looks soft like a Dolomite. I still want that quarter dollar! Edited March 3, 2014 by Ray Eklund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvi huang Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Hi! maybe tooth? teeth sometimes like a rook. amazing detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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