Canik Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Hello all, thank you for providing this section of the forum. My son and we’re kayaking last week and we pulled over on a sandbar that was exposed due to low water levels. There was also a small water inlet that fed into the river at this spot. He found this specimen while were looking for fossils in the rocks on top of the bar and got excited. Any help identifying it would be much appreciated. We have not found any great fossils as of yet, just some shells and other small things. We were on the Shenango River in Mercer County in Pennsylvania between Jamestown and Greenville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Welcome to TFF! What You have looks like a weathered iron concretion. Unfortunately this is not a fossil. Regards, Tony 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...
doushantuo Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Given the coloration and structure of your find,I can only agree with Ynot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canik Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 Thanks guys. I appreciate it. Although a little disappointed. I am glad that I found this site though. Now I can get more info on the small fossils that we do find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, Canik said: . Now I can get more info on the small fossils that we do find. Look forward to seeing them. 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...
FranzBernhard Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Yes, iron-rich concretion with its typical flaky weathering. Small fossils are beatifull, please lets see them! Thanks! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I agree with iron-rich concretion, multilayered. It looks similar to what I have in my collection. 1 " 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...
sTamprockcoin Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 If you crack it open there might be a fossil or some pretty mineralization (siderite, pyrite, specular hematite)inside! Or it could just be dull brown rock all the way through. Kind of a schrodinger's cat scenario. “Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do not comprehend.” N. Steno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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