fngonuts Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 these fossils were found near a coal mine in Pennsylvania. I broke one open and was surprised to find what looks like a peach pit inside. The fossil is approx. 5.75cm long, 5cm wide and 3.5cm high. The pit was already broken before I broke the fossil open and half of it still remains embedded in the fossil. The approx. measurements for the pit are 2cm long, 1.5cm wide and 1cm high. I would appreciate any opinions. Thanks, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 hmm i dont know what you have there but i sure looks interesting.... if it is some sort of seed or i would quess it could be from a Cycad? anyway cool rock! "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosasaur Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I think it's inorganic, a pseudofossil but a keeper nonetheless!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fngonuts Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Well I actually have two of them. I have found over a dozen but I only kept two. I would of thought it was just a cool rock but all of them are the same size and shape. I think if they all look the same on the outside they are all gonna look the same on the inside. I think if I break them all open they will all have the same peach like pit inside. I'm sure someone will know here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 it's a fossilized human brain!! www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 it's a fossilized human brain!! Oh My gosh... NO WAY!!! "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cris Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 At first I thought some type of geode... But the thing in the middle is weird... Let us know if you open the other one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomclark Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 LOL, at first I thot it was a microcephalic fossilized brain, perhaps of some hobbit-like hominid but the more I look at it it looks like a nut, reminds me of a hickory nut actually, and a brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fngonuts Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 well curiousity got the better of me. I broke the other one open. I was amazed to find a human brain. LOL JK It looks different on the inside then the other one. When I broke this one open a pit didn't fall out. It does have something inside that has a similar shape but since it didn't fall out I can't tell if there is any crators in it like the other one. check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Just looks like a geode to me... www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosasaur Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Yeah, geode is what I thought but I also that would be a weird place to find a geode - so I just said inorganic. You can never tell. Once at a gravel pit in SW Nebraska I found a very round rock about the size of a grapefruit. I broke it open and found it was a calcite geode with beautiful light yellow crystals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 It kind of looks like a hematite nodule. The "pit" being boitroidal crystalization. What is it's hardness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fngonuts Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 the very outer surface I can scratch with a quartz crystal but not without breaking the point off my crystals. Every other surface has broken the points off many of my crystals without leaving a scratch. I don't have anything harder than that and the fiancee isn't about to let me borrow any jewelry. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 It is a geode. Many minerals crystallize boytroidally(bulbous, roundish). From your description, I think that is what you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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