bigjohn835 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 This ones fresh out the local coal breaker. Any idea? All the broken edges show a mix of pirite and quartz. With rocks in my head, and fossils in my heart.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I have no idea but I like it. I wanna know when you find what it is. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 It looks like a septarian nodule without the nodule! "LOL" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 You know what It does. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 looks pretty cool wonder where you found it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I don't think it is a fossil. I've seen something similar, but I can't recall the name. Something in German... I think??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilcollector Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Honeycomb from giant carboniferous honey bees! Jk. Best guess; mineral residue that filled in mud cracks and hardened. Later on the mud dissolved or sublimated or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogra Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Whatever it is, its brutally cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I agree with snakekeeper! That is some type of mineralization! Sorry; not fossil at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I agree with Veomega KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 It seems to be quite a beautiful mineral composition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkchaser Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I'm having a hard time with determining the scale. Looks like it's only 4-5 inches long. I like veomega's description. I'm sure the local college/museum geologist can tell you exactly what it is. RAWR! I am zeee dead bobcat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I found something similar last year in Texas in a creek bed in Eocene strata. I was told it was called box work. Yours has a bit more interesting shape than mine. It is basically quartz/chalcedony/whatever that filled in the cracks in some sediment and then the sediment eroded away. Basically what Veomega said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 No clue either??? I'm having the same problem though Different shape though The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessed1 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Phoenixflood, Does that seem to be ceramic in material? If sure looks like the ceramic inside part of a catalitic converter from a automobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn835 Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 I was told by a friend, that he has the exact same stuff at home. His came out of a coal mine and is round in total shape. He said it's about 1.5 feet in diameter. I will try and get a picture of his. With rocks in my head, and fossils in my heart.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn835 Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 looks pretty cool wonder where you found it I found it a local coal breaker in among the rock piles that were picked out of the coal. I was told it's pretty commonly seen there. With rocks in my head, and fossils in my heart.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguy784 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 You know around here I see mud cracks in late Triassic muds that look like that pattern. I'll bet it's a mineral infiltration into those open mud cracks. shape is identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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