Fez Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 First post on the forum but figured this would be the best place to get some information. I found this "rock" yesterday while checking a bean field near Scottsbluff, NE. I'm an agronomist so I spend all summer wandering around in cultivated fields and this is the first "rock" of this nature I have found (lots of fossils in the area but usually just toe bones, vertebrae, etc...) Upon inspection it appeared much different than anything I've ever found. Unfortunately it looks to hat been hit with various farm implements over the year which has left some chunks missing. After researching online, I concluded that it may be a fossilized egg of some sort due to the shape and the cracking pattern. What do the "experts" think? Another image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Welcome to TFF! Not an egg. it is a chert nodule. 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...
FossilDudeCO Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Chert nodule still kinda fun! @ynot beat me to it....as per the usual.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I might go to scottsbluff for the eclipse, it hurts me though as it's chock full of fossils, but you aren't allowed to collect any. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Welcome to The Fossil Forum! Just F.Y.I....this is what one of the 'famed' fossilized bird eggs from the White River Badlands of northwestern Nebraska/southwestern South Dakota looks like. Notice the texture of the egg shell (a larger version is available in my gallery). -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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