italianldsguy Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Hello, I am glad I found this forum; recently I purchased several acres in northern arizona and I found a few rocks/fossils on my land that I was hoping someone could help me identify. Any idea or suggestion is appreciated. Thank you 1st fossil/rock of 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KCMOfossil Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Fascinating item. Welcome to the Fossil Forum. I've no idea what your item is, but others will be able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italianldsguy Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 Thank you @KCMOfossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Welcome to the Forum. I took the liberty of cropping and brightening your pictures. These all look geological in nature to me. Maybe @ynot will have some insights. 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...
ynot Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Welcome to TFF! First piece looks like a volcanic rock, probably basalt. Second is an iron concretion. Third one could be limestone with iron concretion or a strange volcanic rock, I am not sure and would like to see other views of t. Not seeing any fossils. 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...
DPS Ammonite Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/27/2018 at 1:31 PM, italianldsguy said: Hello, I am glad I found this forum; recently I purchased several acres in northern arizona and I found a few rocks/fossils on my land that I was hoping someone could help me identify. Any idea or suggestion is appreciated. Thank you 1st fossil/rock of 3 What county and locality did you collect these? I will post a geological map of county once we find out the locality. Knowing the formation will help us ID these. Photos are blurry but I think that I see some crinoid disks in limestone. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italianldsguy Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 Yes these are from southern Navajo county, in north east Arizona, about an hour west of the national petrified forest, close to the little colorado river, and I think its the Chinle formation. On my land I have also found several fossilized oysters and pieces of petrified tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 13 minutes ago, italianldsguy said: Yes these are from southern Navajo county, in north east Arizona, about an hour west of the national petrified forest, close to the little colorado river, and I think its the Chinle formation. On my land I have also found several fossilized oysters and pieces of petrified tree. It appears that you may be near Winslow, no? Look at the map, what formation are you on? The cobble of limestone with the crinoid stems appears to be Kaibab Limestone, Pk on the map: http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites/default/files/dlio/files/nid1618/map-03-07_navajoapachecounty.pdf The Kaibab clast may have been brought in by a waterway and is not close in age to the petrified wood or oysters. Please post pictures of the oysters. I believe that there are Cretaceous oysters in the area. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italianldsguy Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 Here are the oysters or clams I found on my land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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italianldsguy Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 Here is a close up of the egg shaped rock/fossil, it looks like it may have tiny fossils in it, but IDK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Nice clams. Did they come from a layer of rock that you can identify, such as limestone? I'm not sure what formation they are from. If we find out where you are on the geological map, we might be able to better help you. The fossils in the "egg shaped rock" look like crinoid disks and possible urchin spines most likely in a piece of Kaibab Limestone. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 1 minute ago, DPS Ammonite said: The fossils in the "egg shaped rock" look like crinoid disks and possible urchin spines most likely in a piece of Kaibab Limestone. Wow, what a difference good quality pictures can make in trying to ID rocks. Not a volcanic stone for sure. 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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italianldsguy Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 Hey everyone, I found some more fossils/rocks on my land, was wondering if anyone knew what these could be? Thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Most of the new pictures look like calcite. 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...
Coco Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Or quartz if it doesn't bubble with vinegar. Quartz can be written off like this. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quer Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Apart from the Keibab cast and the clam, they looked like rudists to me. I've checked that cretaceous rudist are found in Arizona, but I can't say if it is possible in this particular zone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Those clams... Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 On 10/26/2018 at 11:03 AM, Quer said: they looked like rudists to me. Which ones? Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 This one looks close to volcanic tuff. " 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...
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