MichaelSpeer1 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Hello all, I found this in a steam in East Tennessee about 20 years ago. I'm new to fossils so I was wondering if anyone could help identify. I spoke with a marine archaeologist who thought it might be a cephalopod or part of a trilobite. Thank you, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 The image is very blurry. Could you retake the image? The globules are not looking as though they have sufficient symmetry to suggest trilobite or nautiloid. Definitely more, and clear, pictures will help! 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 that is weird.... Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelSpeer1 Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Hello all, I will try to take some better pictures when I get home from work. Thanks for the help! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Welcome to TFF! Would like to see pictures of the whole piece - front, back and sides. 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...
fossilized6s Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Looks like ironstone to me. 1 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I wonder why it looks very close to the Westerstetten patterns? picture from here 2 " 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...
MichaelSpeer1 Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 I included more pics if this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 This looks like hematite. Is it real heavy? I do not see a fossil. 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...
abyssunder Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I could go also with dissipative patterns resembling Westerstetten structures. It looks chert, to me. 10 " 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...
ynot Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 1 hour ago, abyssunder said: dissipative patterns resembling Westerstetten structures. It looks chert, to me. Yeah, I think You got it spot on. 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...
MichaelSpeer1 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 It is heavy. I'd say maybe 10 lbs. Thanks for the info, I wasn't sure what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Beautiful piece! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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