john h dalton Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 we find these in the Morrison formation here in Wyoming. They look a lot like, and I've always thought they were some kind of nut or seed pod. They are rare in most of the Morrison but when you find them, you find a lot. Usually in a central location they will be lots of them but as you go out further they become fewer. just like you would find around acorns around a oak tree. ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 They are seed pods (or cones), can't remember what they're called... I'm sure others do though. Nice specimens! Edit: the others make some good points about concretions so I may be wrong... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Ive never seen those before. Purty cool! RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 These look like concretions to Me. Notice that some are odd shaped and the bottom left has a double. 1 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...
Auspex Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Cones, I think. Araucaria, maybe? 4 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john h dalton Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 36 minutes ago, ynot said: These look like concretions to Me. Notice that some are odd shaped and the bottom left has a double. oh yeah sorry about the picture. It's kinda misleading. They were in a box with some other things as well. The thing on the right is a piece bone fossil. The one on the left is just a stupid rock that some how got in the box. Those are two individual stones in question on the bottom left, even though they appear to be one. But a friend of mine does have a couple that are conjoined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john h dalton Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 1 hour ago, ynot said: These look like concretions to Me. Notice that some are odd shaped and the bottom left has a double. oh yeah sorry about the picture. It's kinda misleading. They were in a box with some other things as well. The thing on the right is a piece bone fossil. The one on the left is just a stupid rock that some how got in the box. Those are two individual stones in question on the bottom left, even though they appear to be one. But a friend of mine does have a couple that are conjoined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john h dalton Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 I took a hammer and broke a couple in half. I have found a lot that are broken sometimes they are hollow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 They remind me of degraded pyrite nodules. Likely some form of iron based mineral formation. 3 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Can We see a good closeup of the outside of one? 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...
Fossildude19 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Here is a pic I found online: Marcasite nodule Not quite close enough, in my opinion. 3 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...
JohnJ Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 There is a lot of variety when it comes to pyrite, marcasite, limonite, and hematite nodules. I'd guess that these are "heavy" for their size. 2 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john h dalton Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 and they are not very heavy at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnJ Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Have you scrubbed/cleaned these really well? Can you get a focused image of the ones you "freshly" cracked open? 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john h dalton Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 smashed broken thirty seconds ago other side pretty much shattered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 The random alignment of the surface features leads Me away from a seed cone. I am still of the opinion that they are concretions. 2 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...
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john h dalton Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 we always called them Indian golf balls when we were kids. A while back a guy in a rock shop said they were dalphinites or something like that. Im sure i spelling it wrong. i've gone online with that word and spelled it differently. I still haven't found anything. Thanks for everyones help I really appreciate it!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Thanks for the extra photos. These are definitely geologic in origin, in my opinion. 3 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I think John may have the right of it, after all. 2 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...
jpc Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Are you anywhere near Casper? If you get a chance, bring in to the Tate Museum. Seeds/cones are not known from the Morrison, so I doubt they are plant fossils. I am betting on crystal growths of some kind. Until you said 'not heavy', I was going to suggest barite nodules, but they are really heavy. We have paleontologists and geologists who could have a look at these and give you some sort of educated guess or real answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john h dalton Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 oh and a friend in a neighboring town took some and polished them up on his water belt polisher. ( i guess thats what you call it lol) and they polished up real pretty almost agatized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john h dalton Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 1 minute ago, jpc said: Are you anywhere near Casper? If you get a chance, bring in to the Tate Museum. Seeds/cones are not known from the Morrison, so I doubt they are plant fossils. I am betting on crystal growths of some kind. Until you said 'not heavy', I was going to suggest barite nodules, but they are really heavy. We have paleontologists and geologists who could have a look at these and give you some sort of educated guess or real answer. yeah i live in worland but im going to be coming to casper later this week. I surly will bring some with me. Thank You! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I just sent you a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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