Dpaul7 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Hello! I received this fossil from a friend - He could not remember the NAME of the fruit - only that it is agatized fruit, from Queensland, Australia, and that it is a bit scarce. Can anyone give an idea? It looks a bit "squashed" - but very interesting! Thanks for looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Looks like an agate or chert nodule, to me. Sorry, but I'm not seeing fruit, or any fossil here. 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...
Herb Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I agree with Fossildude19 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyritizeMe Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Definitely mineral , but giving the shape ans mineral a story is the cool part, even if its just a stone it gave you the inspiration to look father , and so will the next person , definitely an agatized plum fossil. Wink wink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Can you be any more specific on where in QLD? I agree with the others, not a fossil fruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Geological for me too. The chances of fossilised fruit flesh is really unlikely (as with animal flesh) as it would rot very quickly except under exceptional circumstances although the seeds are common. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 It looks to be a geological wonder to me, so I agree with the others. I would like to compare with the biconoid / multiconoid structures. " 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...
abyssunder Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 On 11/7/2017 at 2:50 AM, Dpaul7 said: Hello! I received this fossil from a friend - He could not remember the NAME of the fruit - only that it is agatized fruit, from Queensland, Australia, and that it is a bit scarce. Can anyone give an idea? It looks a bit "squashed" - but very interesting! Thanks for looking! Can we get more focused images of the sides? It really looks like a pentagonal thunderegg core. " 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...
Dpaul7 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Gentlemen and ladies! Thank you for your kind responses! I am attaching a file - if I might - on fossil fruits in Australia! It seems there ARE fossil fruits. I send a message to my friend asking about this piece he sent - He said he bought it about 20 years ago; and there was an article from an Australian journal that accompanied it explaining about the piece. He had sadly lost the article - and does not remember the fruit name. He DID say the piece was agatized! I would like to thank one and all for their input - The Thunder Egg post was very interesting! Also the odd vertebrae-like pieces found in New Mexico! It could very well be that this was described as "fruit" to make a sale! It is an interesting piece to me, and I appreciate the comments! I have not studied fossils since the late 1960s... so I must relearn a lot! One thing I find to be sad... when I was a kid, we ALL went looking for minerals, fossils, insects, looked at the stars & planets, etc. We wanted to know all about them! Many kids today just do not have these interests... too absorbed in video games! (Just a random thought from an old fogey!) Fossil_fruit_of_the_Macadamieae_(Proteaceae)_in_the_Tertiary_of_eastern_Australia.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Unfortunately, none of the figures in the paper you provided look like your item. I think that your friend may have been misled (whether intentionally or unintentionally, is anyone's guess. ) as to it's identity. It is an interesting item, but I don't see any resemblance to the fruit fossils pictured in the paper. 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...
Dpaul7 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Agreed, Fossildude19 - I thought the paper might be interesting to some folks is all. I'm thinking it is just an odd nodule! Interesting as a mineral specimen, perhaps! My friend also sent me Austalites... I was VERY happy to get those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Australites is interesting. " 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...
Aurelius Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 It does look a bit like some of the illustrations, to be fair. Fossil fruits aren't unheard of, you can find some in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Dpaul7 said: Gentlemen and ladies! Thank you for your kind responses! I am attaching a file - if I might - on fossil fruits in Australia! It seems there ARE fossil fruits. I send a message to my friend asking about this piece he sent - He said he bought it about 20 years ago; and there was an article from an Australian journal that accompanied it explaining about the piece. He had sadly lost the article - and does not remember the fruit name. He DID say the piece was agatized! I would like to thank one and all for their input - The Thunder Egg post was very interesting! Also the odd vertebrae-like pieces found in New Mexico! It could very well be that this was described as "fruit" to make a sale! It is an interesting piece to me, and I appreciate the comments! I have not studied fossils since the late 1960s... so I must relearn a lot! One thing I find to be sad... when I was a kid, we ALL went looking for minerals, fossils, insects, looked at the stars & planets, etc. We wanted to know all about them! Many kids today just do not have these interests... too absorbed in video games! (Just a random thought from an old fogey!) Fossil_fruit_of_the_Macadamieae_(Proteaceae)_in_the_Tertiary_of_eastern_Australia.pdf Interesting paper. Like others, I would not have expected there would be much chance to find fossilized fruit, but there it is. I wonder if this kind of preservation is unique to Australia or whether we should be scouring Oligocene and Miocene deposits elsewhere for similar specimens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Interesting read, thanks for sharing the paper. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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