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Welcome to the forum! Also from Central New York. Something went wrong when you attempted to post pics.

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Stuff you found in a basement? You store it in a basement? You live in the basement? I'm intrigued!

Can't wait for a photo to finally emerge.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Crisjax said:

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i gave up trying to to upload pic, for tonight anyway.

 

I only see two fossils in the pictures in the link. 

This one is an imprint of a brachiopod shell:

 

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And this one looks like an infilled burrow:

 

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The rest are an assortment of river rocks, minerals, quartz, and coal, I believe.

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4 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

 

I only see two fossils in the pictures in the link. 

This one is an imprint of a brachiopod shell:

 

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And this one looks like an infilled burrow:

 

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The rest are an assortment of river rocks, minerals, quartz, and coal, I believe.

 

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Just now, Crisjax said:

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I thought there was a flower in this rock.  I swear I can see the creatures inside the rocks, I’m gonna start some micro-surgery on these little guys and free them from their zillion year entrapment :)

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8 hours ago, Crisjax said:

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I thought for sure this was a real fossil 

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17 hours ago, Crisjax said:

 

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This seems to be a piece of fossilized coral.  And the last photo is intriguing.  Not sure what those little black round things are.  Any chance of close up photos?

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17 hours ago, Crisjax said:

 

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Yes, this seems to be a tabulate coral, probably Favosites one of the Favositida. 

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On 5/16/2018 at 3:22 AM, Crisjax said:

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Interesting rock collection. So what's the story behind the obsidian pieces...and an entire box of it? We used to find it California in volcanic areas. 

 

Regards, Chris 

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On 5/18/2018 at 9:02 PM, Plantguy said:

Interesting rock collection. So what's the story behind the obsidian pieces...and an entire box of it? We used to find it California in volcanic areas. 

 

Regards, Chris 

I found a vein of it inside a tube of molted sand in my basement.    I took a video of me pulling some of it out from the French drains but I can’t upload the video to this Site.  Maybe I could create a link to it to my Gmail account....... I’ll be rtback :) 

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On 5/29/2018 at 3:41 AM, Crisjax said:

I found a vein of it inside a tube of molted sand in my basement.    I took a video of me pulling some of it out from the French drains but I can’t upload the video to this Site.  Maybe I could create a link to it to my Gmail account....... I’ll be rtback :) 

 

I just noticed where you are? Maybe the black stuff with the luster is actually anthracite coal rather than a volcanic glass...maybe its all coal...hard to tell some times from pics...

 

Regards, Chris 

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How can I tell if it’s coal?  I scrubbed it clean in water.   It’s very sparkly. Some of it has rainbows and some is mirror like- 

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14 minutes ago, Crisjax said:

How can I tell if it’s coal?  I scrubbed it clean in water.   It’s very sparkly. Some of it has rainbows and some is mirror like- 

Sounds like coal to Me.

You can take a small piece and see if it will burn.

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That pile looks like coal. Which would go along with an older house that was likely heated with a coal boiler or stove. Is there a slide looking thing ( coal shute) coming off one of the walls?

 

 

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On 6/5/2018 at 4:48 PM, Crisjax said:

How can I tell if it’s coal?  I scrubbed it clean in water.   It’s very sparkly. Some of it has rainbows and some is mirror like- 

I tried to barbecue It  but it wouldn’t  catch fire.  A few pieces exploded!

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