Calgaryhunter Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Hello. I'm an avid fossil hunter and was at chain lakes alberta Canada and found this on the edge of the lake. It is just about 4 inches long and 4.5 inches high. I thought maybe it was coprolite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Welcome! I'm not familiar with that area, but were there any other fossils in the area? If so, do you know what formation they are from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Welcome to the Forum! I think, it could be one of the claystones known as Fairy Stones . " 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...
Calgaryhunter Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Yes I found some brachiopods, not sure on the formation. The lake is right below the mountains here. It has odd small cracking around the rounded parts also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calgaryhunter Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 I don't think they are fairy stones as I found them in central alberta Canada. Never heard of them being found here. Here is a different angle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 @GeschWhat 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...
abyssunder Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 It could be glacial transported material. Take a look here . Also, take a look to the surface texture of your find, and try to compare it with some of the sample images from my links. I don't think it's a coprolite, but I could be wrong. " 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...
GeschWhat Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Welcome to the forum!!! It is really hard to say whether or not it is a coprolite if it doesn't have any inclusions. Plus, I am not familiar with coprolites in your area. Scanning your photos, it looks like there might be some inclusions here. Can you take a close up of this area and the bottom? The texture doesn't seem to fit with the fairy stone concretions. I have some here and they are usually more planar. It looks like there is some banding on the bottom. I'm thinking may be a flint/chert nodule unless there are inclusions in the area circled. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GeschWhat Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I'm sorry; I'm not seeing anything that can definitively identify this as a coprolite. I'm going to have to go with chert nodule. @Carl...thoughts? Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 2 hours ago, GeschWhat said: I'm sorry; I'm not seeing anything that can definitively identify this as a coprolite. I'm going to have to go with chert nodule. @Carl...thoughts? Your words are perfect, Lori, as ever. I'm unconvinced but can't rule it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 This image shows (no doubt) the typical septarian propagation cracks which lead me to think that the whole ensemble is a concretion. The Septarian nodules/concretions usually form in clay-rich masses. The wrinkles remind me of the the "Fairy Stones" or the French " Gogotte ", even the dissipative concretionary overgrowth resembling the Westerstetten structures (on chert nodules). Fig. 9 - c,d - might be similar to the little one from this picture: 2 " 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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