KimTexan Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I was cleaning some matrix I got from the Kamp Ranch formation in Dallas last weekend and found this tiny thing in the matrix. I’m wondering if anyone can tell me what it may be without it being fully exposed. The picture quality is not that great. I sure tried to get better pics, but wasn’t able to. It is 5 mm wide at most. So it is difficult to get a good close up pic of it. It’s 4 sided pyramid shape with a peak in the middle that almost looks like it has a groove down the middle of the peak. It was in a loose fragment of matrix I pried off a slab. Some of the surface of the item remained in the negative half of this. That is where you see the lighter color on the top and sides. This is a pic of it when wet. Top looking down view. Top down view again while dry. Side view from one end. Side view from the other end. Maybe it’s a funky shaped pebble, but I don’t think so. All the other stuff in the matrix looks like shells or shell fragments along with shell and ammonite impressions and some fragments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Its a fish vertebra in cross-section. You will find many like that within that formation. 4 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Cross section of fish vert. 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...
KimTexan Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Cool! Thanks! I was thinking it looked a bit fishy, but didn’t know what part. I wouldn’t have come up with vertebra though. I’m impressed you can tell. It’s so tiny and pics are poor quality. Thanks @ynot and @JohnJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, KimTexan said: I’m impressed you can tell. It’s so tiny and pics are poor quality. I see a whole bunch in the micro matrix I search. They have a distinctive "hourglass" cross section. 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...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Yes, the piece of fish vertebrae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Keep it up and you will find that pearl. They do not look much like a pearl. Mine look vaguely like a seed of some sort. Under magnification the have a octagonal crystallization appearance to the surface. If given the opportunity the book by Chuck Finsleys (RIP) book on Texas fossils (Field Guide to Texas Fossils) A prize pearl specimen "A Double on matrix" Is shown in it. Bob Price found it back in the 80's "RIP" It was found in the Camp Ranch material. I sure hope you find one! Jess B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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