b.seg Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I found this over 15 years ago in an alley. I have kept it in a box all this time and now would like to finally figure out what it could be . Any ideas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Initially assuming it might be local, could you give us a location? ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Welcome to the Forum. A few more pictures from different angles would help. Front, back, sides, top bottom. Also, can you narrow down the location? Maybe by county? 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...
b.seg Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Hi ! Thanks . Scottsbluff County . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Maybe fractured chert, similar to the ones from here . " 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...
ynot Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I agree with it being a chert nodule. More pictures may show a fossil, but I do not see one there. 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...
b.seg Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'm working on uploading a video right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.seg Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 I hope this helps to get a better idea of the shape... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'm in the chert nodule camp. Geologic oddity, not a fossil. 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...
Plax Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 What fossildude said but also possibly a broken sponge. Page 4 of the attached pdf comes to mind. Sorry I haven't correlated names to these pics yet despite a monograph on Castle Hayne sponges being published recently. Am sure your find is much older than our Eocene Castle Hayne Formation. castle hayne sponges_.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 The substance is chert at any rate, even if it does turn out to be a fossilized sponge. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.seg Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Thank you for the responses . Wow, after all this time to find out it's not even a fossil . I still find it to be such a strange form for a rock . It has peculiar symmetry. I thought it to be a bone of some kind. It does not have a porous texture though . I thought maybe a "replacement fossil". Maybe the shape of it is just getting to the best of my imagination . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 58 minutes ago, b.seg said: I thought maybe a "replacement fossil". That's what Plax is suggesting and he may be right. It's not unusual for fossil substance to be replaced by chert. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 You need to picture your specimen as a fragment of a larger body similar to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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