James Ryan Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Good afternoon everybody! What in the name of Sam Heck is this. I wish I had taken a picture of how I found it.... I was following a large embankment downhill one morning, taking a hike through some thick woods that take up the west side of my apartment complex in Lewisville, Texas. Right where the buildings stop and the woods start there is a small, (maybe 3/4 of an acre) pond I've fished for years, and the embankment on the west side leads out to about 80 or 90 acres of very interesting land, which is some of the last undeveloped land here in north Texas. Only about 10 miles from 27,000 acre lake Lewisville, and the hundreds of miles of CORP of engineers land that surrounds the lake. Anyways, as I was following the small spillway creek downhill that flows into a smaller pond in the woods, I came across this thing sitting right smack in the middle of the small creek channel, carved out gradually as water ran from the (what I assume to be) man-made pond. Probably over the course of the past 15-20 years would be my guess. Very thick woods, I can confidently vouch I've been the only one that has been out in those woods in the past year at least, that particular area who knows. I'm 22 and I've grown up fascinated by nature and the pursuit of anything outdoors, always enjoyed finding arrowheads on my ranch, and other fossils throughout my expeditions (which I am super excited to post about in the future, this website is bad to the bone man!) But never anything like this. Any help with identification would be greatly appreciated y'all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) Any chance you can retake the images in natural light, and from the top? These ones are a bit dark. If I had to guess on just these images alone, I might say it is a concretion. Edited September 25, 2018 by Kane ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Welcome to the Forum. Looks like a concretion or septarian nodule to me. 2 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...
Fossildude19 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I took the liberty of editing your photo. Cropped and brightened: 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...
Kane Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Thanks, Tim. I’ll double down on concretion. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Maybe a septarian nodule. 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...
James Ryan Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 41 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: I took the liberty of editing your photo. Cropped and brightened: You the man dawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Ryan Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 18 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum. Looks like a concretion or septarian nodule to me. I appreciate that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Ryan Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 Alright, upon further studying, I would have to make the guess and say it is a septarian nodule. here come some more pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Ryan Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 What do I do with it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Ryan Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 Super cool how the name 'septarian' was derived from the fact they tend to break into 7 different nodules. Mine has 6, and one nodule missing........ I remember looking around for that last part, but I didn't go to looking real hard. Would it be worth looking for? Or is that a question to ask myself, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, James Ryan said: What do I do with it?? They can be quit pretty cut and polished. 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 September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 1 hour ago, James Ryan said: Super cool how the name 'septarian' was derived from the fact they tend to break into 7 different nodules. Mine has 6, and one nodule missing........ I remember looking around for that last part, but I didn't go to looking real hard. Would it be worth looking for? Or is that a question to ask myself, lol. I guess that yours is a "sextarian nodule". Put it under a long and short wave ultraviolet lamp. Many North Texas nodules are fluorescent. 3 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...
abyssunder Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 It's a nice septarian nodule, no matter how many partition it has. You can see the double wall structure of it. " 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...
Kimi64 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 7 hours ago, ynot said: They can be quit pretty cut and polished. Oh heck yes. Just looking at that makes me wish I had a slab saw. I took a cabachon making class once and I want to get back into it. If you look at google images of these nodules, you can see that those lighter areas often polish out into a golden yellow or cream color. Really yummy looking. Great find, even if not a fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 really cool, for my sake, would one of you explain HOW such nodules form...thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, dalmayshun said: really cool, for my sake, would one of you explain HOW such nodules form...thanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concretion 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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