Kingzilla Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 I found this in a box at a thrift store. Any idea if it’s s fossil ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Rutter Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Very certainly not an acorn of any kind, nor any seed/nut in the Fagaceae, and I can claim deep expertise there, since I breed them. To me it looks like someone's "lucky stone" - a stream pebble of weathered basalt (?) or something similar with a cross bedded line of quartz, harder than the rest. A curiosity one might pick up and keep. Or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Sorry but it is definitely just a rock with a seam of quartz in it not a fossil (but I quest it’s older (: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Mr. Rutter has it to a tee. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Agreed. The rock looks more like hornfels to me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Rutter Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 On 10/27/2018 at 3:46 AM, Rockwood said: Agreed. The rock looks more like hornfels to me though. I'll be happy to believe hornfels. Something I'm really not familiar with! The photo does look a bit more like something metamorphic than any of the more common simple basalts. I've got a number of fine-grained mystery rocks I've picked out of my source stream; uncommon and baffling to me. No fossils, though, so I won't inflict them on the folk here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsandScience Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 I agree with everyone, looks like rock to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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