claire01 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Thanks for any help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Top photo looks like a very worn fragment of Inoceremus clam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Need more views at different angles of that top image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire01 Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Thanks, here you go: Edited to say: The exposed fossil has a very sand papery feel. Very unlike what I am used to finding. Another picture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 It seems to be a real fossil, but I can't find any diagnostic features to lead towards a definition of it. It might be two fossils. Unless somebody can see something here, I'd have to say that it is indeterminate until it is exposed more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire01 Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 The matrix is extremely hard and prepping has proved to be difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I'm thinking it is a chert nodule, maybe with a fossil as the core of the chert. That would make it REALLY hard to work. And it would chip like glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire01 Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 That's why I was seeking opinions fromTFF. I was hoping someone recognized what it might be and if it was worth the trouble to try to expose more. Thanks for your input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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