ambiance4vr Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I need help identifying what I have found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) Looks to be a Concretion. Not a fossil, but there may be one inside of this. Regards, PS: Welcome to the Forum - and keep looking. Edited October 22, 2014 by Fossildude19 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...
Shellseeker Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Please post a photo. Welcome to the forum. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Looks to be a Concretion. Not a fossil, but there may be one inside of this. Regards, PS: Welcome to the Forum - and keep looking. Tim, please wait for the photo. It's no fair if you use psychic powers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Tim, please wait for the photo. It's no fair if you use psychic powers. You may call me, Carnac, The Magnificent! I swear there was a photo in the second post, must have gotten lost in the mashup. Regards, 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...
ambiance4vr Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 There should have been 2 photo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tmaier Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 It's not an egg. It looks like sedimentary sandstone that has been carved by flow of water and/or wind. Notice the laminar sedimentation lines, indicating this is sedimentary as opposed to concentric layer lines normally found in a concretion. Wind sculpted sandstone is pretty cool... http://www.google.com/search?q=Wind+sculpted+sandstone&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1&tbm=isch On the back side it looks like there is a quartzite concretion. http://www.google.com/search?q=quartzite+concretion&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1&tbm=isch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I see a Geoduck clam... JK Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambiance4vr Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 What about this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambiance4vr Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 This is the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tmaier Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 That one looks like a limestone concretion. Are you getting these from two different environments? One is sandstone and the other is limestone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambiance4vr Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 They were found about 4 miles apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I see a Geoduck clam... JK Do you mean the top side or bottom side of the first specimen? The top side is pure sandstone and the bottom side might be a shell, but it looks too round for a geoduck. http://www.google.com/images?q=Geoduck+clam&btnG=Search&hl=en&gbv=1&tbm=isch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 They were found about 4 miles apart That explains it. The limestone would probably be more fruitful for finding fossils. No promises though, I've seen some thick layers of no fossils before, but limestone means marine environment with higher probability of fossilization. Sandstone formations can be beautiful, especially when wind sculpted, but they are terrible for fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 The 2nd side looks like calcite on part of it. If any of that crusty material will come off it may show details of a clam or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 There might be something to it, but I doubt if it is calcite since it looks like a very pure sand deposit. Ambiance4vr, see if you can scratch the back side of the first specimen with a knife. If it scratches to a white power, it's calcite and might be a clam. If it doesn't scratch easily, or comes apart in grains of sand, it's likely quartzite. Also, can you you take some photos at different angles of that, so we can see the geometry better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambiance4vr Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 On the 1st one what looks like calcite is actually concrete. I broke it out of an old piece of sidewalk. I seem to find odd things in od places. The side that is egg shaped does resemble sand stone but the side that looks like shell is more opaque. I will try to get some better pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Sorry, but, I'm still in the concretion/nodule camp. Not a fossil Regards, 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...
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