Allenz Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Hi all found , South Wilmington area Not sure but think could be jellyfish? need experts to see what they think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenz Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 One side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenz Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Just blew up pitcher mabey just want to see somthing looks like little fish lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Bones? Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I hate to say this but it appears you've found an every day ordinary river stone. I'd check up with the REAL experts first however for they know more of this then I do. I do know Mazon creek is known for its Jurassic Flora fossils, not exactly fish. Troy Niler, amateur fossil & mineral/artifact collector -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, Got Bones? said: I hate to say this but it appears you've found an every day ordinary river stone. I'd check up with the REAL experts first however for they know more of this then I do. I do know Mazon creek is known for its Jurassic Flora fossils, not exactly fish. It's actually Caboniferous Period( Middle Pennsylvanian) Allen, To me, it looks like a chert cobble, with some mineral staining/inclusions perhaps. 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...
ynot Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, Got Bones? said: Mazon creek is known for its Jurassic Flora fossils, not exactly fish. Mazon creek is carboniferous (not jurassic) and has a wide variety of flora and fauna, marine and terrestrial fossils. I agree that the piece in question is not a fossil, as far as I can tell. 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...
Got Bones? Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 1 minute ago, ynot said: Mazon creek is carboniferous (not jurassic) and has a wide variety of flora and fauna, marine and terrestrial fossils. I agree that the piece in question is not a fossil, as far as I can tell. Oops! I'm feeding the wrong information! Troy Niler, amateur fossil & mineral/artifact collector -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenz Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 If you want to reply I have no problem if you are expert ,but just to set you on right wrong period 300 million years ago mid Pennsylvanian epoch of Carboniferous period. and it's an iron stone concretion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenz Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Here is concretion broke open on another,same type of rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenz Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 No offense to anyone Found that some of the fossils In Mazon are really hard to identify,not saying it's a fossil but need experts to chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenz Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Different light looks totally different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 @RCFossils @fossilized6s @digit @fiddlehead Hopefully, they will heed the call. 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...
Allenz Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Ya Thanks Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Nope. I'm not seeing fossils on this piece--doesn't look like the normal concretion type that contains fossils. I like the little inclusion that looks like a mini-jellyfish but that is only fanciful resemblance. You've found some nice Mazon Creek fossils before in the mine areas you hunt (but this is unfortunately not one of them). Keep looking. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I concur with @digit This is a rock. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenz Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Thank you Guys now will try to crack open if I find anything will post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I would agree that you have a suggestive shaped rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I also agree that this appears to be a rock and not concretion. As an FYI, the area where you are collecting, be it called Pit 11 or the South Wilmington Sportsnan Club is also home to tons of glacial erratics left by the retreat of the last ice age. These rocks were included in the overburden that was dug out as the miners were digging for coal. Your rock could have been brought down from the Northern states or Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Yup. Glacial erratics are not at all uncommon in the area. We found a nice chunk of what appears to be metallic copper ore while searching through the overburden that we suspect came from the copper rich areas further north. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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