philiponfire Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Hi, a friend of mine found this fossil. can anyone suggest a resource where they can find out what it is please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Welcome to the Forum. These look like Dendrites - mineral staining. They are often mistaken for plant fossils. I must say, these are some of the prettiest I have seen, however. Regards, 2 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...
JohnJ Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 This appears to be a dendrite. It looks like a fossil, but is geologic in origin. 2 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 @Fossildude19 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 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...
ynot Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Welcome to I agree with dendrites. Very nice ones, but not fossils. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philiponfire Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 thanks I know nothing myself just helping a friend. I will pass that on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Nice pseudofossil! It's clear (with or without this trick) that the dendrites were formed between two layers (part-counterpart) of the same slab: " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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