greenflag Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I purchased this in Woodbury Connecticut in a furniture antique store. I was told it was a fossil "millions" of years old. The dimensions are 17" wide x 4" tall x 1/2" thick. What you see on the back of the fossil is glue as it was attached to a frame and I have not attempted to remove the glue. I appreciate any insight as to what it is and age. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Welcome to TFF! It is not a fossil, sorry. It is a very nice piece of Oregon jasper. Maybe @RJB can be more precise. 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...
GeschWhat Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I agree with ynot. I think it is commonly referred to as picture jasper. Beautiful! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertramp Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 It reminds me of the so called "pietra paesina" (word for word: "landscape rock"), known also as "florentine marble", though it's actually a limestone https://www.google.it/search?q=pietra+paesina&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjiz9LGwd_SAhWLXRQKHZzhBmMQ_AUIBigB&biw=1024&bih=662 http://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/09/pietra-paesina-stones-that-resemble.html ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 4 hours ago, supertramp said: It reminds me of the so called "pietra paesina" (word for word: "landscape rock"), known also as "florentine marble", though it's actually a limestone https://www.google.it/search?q=pietra+paesina&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjiz9LGwd_SAhWLXRQKHZzhBmMQ_AUIBigB&biw=1024&bih=662 http://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/09/pietra-paesina-stones-that-resemble.html ciao My first thought as well. Jess B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Not a fossil, as others have said, but beautiful nonetheless. I would be happy to have it in my collection, it's a great show piece. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenflag Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Thank you to everyone for your responses. After visiting the above links from Supertramp, I also believe it is most definitely "pietra paesina" as the other specimens appear as mine does. While I was hoping it was a fossil, I am just as excited to have it as its history is 50 million years old, rare, a great conversation piece and its Italian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 This is the magnificent art work that Mother Nature could give us in our ephemeral life. I could see our whole existence in one piece. Well done, Supertramp! " 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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