Khyssa Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) While in Texas I found quite a few things that could be just suggestive rocks but I have hope that they are actually fossils. It might just be my imagination but to me it looks like there is a hint of rings on one end of the first piece. Petrified wood maybe? Edited August 13, 2015 by Khyssa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyssa Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Second piece in question. Again it's appearance makes me think it might be a piece of petrified wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyssa Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 This is probably just a strange looking piece of rock but for some reason I keep thinking it might be a coprolite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyssa Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 More views of the last rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyssa Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Again probably just a rock but the one side has a strange texture to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Where did you find these in Texas? Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyssa Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Sorry. They were all found in the North Sulfur river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 #3 and #4 look like they are either coprolites or burrows lined with coprolites. It is kind of hard to tell from the photos. #3 almost looks like a spiral coprolite, but it doesn't look like the spirals I have from the area. Curious to see what the others have to say. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnyjoe Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 #1 is definately pet wood. The end view (last pic) shows many of the pores. The light colored streaks are the remains of rays which appear radially from the center of the tree outward toward the bark. I think #2 is also pet wood. The pic with the bluish center is a bit blurry but I think I see pores in the lighter margins. #5 may also be wood. It looks mostly silicified which can mask or destroy identifying features but there may be some pores in the upper left lighter colored area in the last pic. Don Cogito ergo cephalalgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyssa Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) Thank you both. I would be very happy if the piece in 3 & 4 is a coprolite as it would be the first one I've found! Don, #2 does have the spots on the end. I hadn't realized that those indicated pores. These will also be the first pieces of petrified wood that I've found for myself. I have several larger, prettier specimens that I bought but there's just something special about finding them for myself. Do you think it would be a good idea to try and polish the first two pieces? Not that I know how to do that yet but I'm sure I could find some instructions online. Edited August 14, 2015 by Khyssa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) HI khyssa, I agree nothing like finding your own fossils, re polishing it is very east to do, I use wet & dry sand paper and then finish with Aluminium Oxide on chamois, all readily available. It will require a lot of elbow grease though, it takes me about 2 to 3 Hrs to polish a small flattish item. Start with 180 grit moving on to 250 grit to 450 grit, to 800 grit, to 1000 grit, to 1500 grit finishing with the chamois and aluminium oxide, the more time you spend with the last 3 the better your results will be. Remember to clean the item between each grit size, when you use the aluminium oxide wet the chamois, if you have little flecks of white when you have finished go back 2 steps and re do until no white is left. You can use powered rotary tools but it is very easy to damage what you are polishing. I have attached a before and after for you I only polished the end section the rest is just natural rock Good luck Regards Mike Edited August 14, 2015 by Mike Pocock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyssa Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Mike, thank you for the directions. I think I'll practice on a few regular rocks I brought back from the trip before trying to polish the petrified wood. There's no telling when I might find another piece of petrified wood and I would be very unhappy if I accidently damaged these two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Good idea, I practiced on a piece of granite before I did any fossils, it came up very well. Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) 3 & 4 are coprolite. Most likely shark Edited October 27, 2015 by JarrodB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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