gammyknee Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Hi, I am new to your site. A friend gave me some stones he found in outback QLD Australia some time back. I am a Certified Gemmoligist and occasionally I go fossicking. I am also interested in Fossils. I have attached photo of the material and I am asking if someone could confirm what I am seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 belemnite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 belemnite? I'd put money on it. Overall shape and crystal structure are a match. Knowing the age depositional environment of the rock it came from would help confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gammyknee Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 OK, that has turned my head another direction. I originally thought it might be a tooth or a tusk. There is a 'line' running down either side of the 'tube' which I think is similar to other belemnites? I am sorry but I do not know the age of the depositional rock or the exact location, my friend likes to explore areas that are quite remote. The crystal structure is radiating inside the 'tube' to the outer 'skin' - which I am guessing is calcite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gammyknee Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 another photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Belemnite, all the way. The deposit must be marine, and date from between Lower Jarassic to Upper Cretaceous. "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...
erose Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 That radiating structure was the crystal structure I was referring to. A big giveaway for belemnites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I also agree with belemnite. Rostrum parts. The inner structure fits. Sorry, no tooth. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Im also calling this a Belemnite. The radiating sprays are typical of the Aragonite that most of them seem to be comprised of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 What they all say "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...
gammyknee Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Thank you all. Your input has improved somebodys knowledge and inspired further research and study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Probably a belemnite, an early squid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Belemnite, all the way. The deposit must be marine, and date from between Lower Jarassic to Upper Cretaceous. Yup... Belemnites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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