quatsea1 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Ok experts.... Severely eroded (dolphin?) inner ear or funky looking stone/pebble from Calvert Cliffs, MD? I have a lot to learn... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Looks like an iron concretion to Me. 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...
Darktooth Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I agree it is not an inner ear bone, but I can see how the shape sort of looks similar. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quatsea1 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 I don't know much but I do know its not iron. The crappy quality of my picture probably isn't helping. I know, I have a lot to learn! The one on the right was identified as such. The one on the left is the one in question Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 A suggestively shaped rock mimic. Happens all the time, in fossil hunting. 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...
quatsea1 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Bummer!!! Thanks for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Better to have picked up a rock, than missed a fossil! “...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...
quatsea1 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Amen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 2 hours ago, quatsea1 said: I don't know much but I do know its not iron. An iron concretion is a type of rock that is rich in ozidized iron, it is not iron. They are not magnetic and they have variable amounts of oxidized iron in them. The rust yellow staining in the first picture is a typical color of iron concretions. The second picture makes it look more like a sandstone that has some iron staining. 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...
quatsea1 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thanks for the details! There are def tons and tons of those iron concretions on the beaches around the cliffs. This one is different..perhaps the sandstone you mentioned. The "iron staining " is simply a product of poor photo/image quality. It is a very bland, consistent tan-brown color in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 13 minutes ago, quatsea1 said: Thanks for the details! There are def tons and tons of those iron concretions on the beaches around the cliffs. This one is different..perhaps the sandstone you mentioned. The "iron staining " is simply a product of poor photo/image quality. It is a very bland, consistent tan-brown color in person. Tan/brown is also an iron caused color sometimes, some bog iron sandstone I got in Anne Arundel county is a light brown sandstone. Could have sworn it was chert (because of the blandness) but I will give in to the consensus. “...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...
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