dsludden Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Good morning, I found this piece in the Neuse River in Craven County NC. On the same trip I found a piece of tusk that has 90 degree Schreger Lines (thank you very much for help in identifying the piece) making it diagnostically Mammoth. I just cleaned up this piece and am confused about the status of petrified wood/ nice rock/ or bone. The texture seems to be similar to some fossilized bones in my collection. That being said, the internal structure has a “core” that appears to be similar to the tight tree rings seen in early growth. I will post more pictures in comments. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Looks like sandstone with a high iron content. Not wood or bone, but one of nature's fake 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...
Misha Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 From what I see I would say that it is geological but a better picture of the split would make it easier to identify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsludden Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Misha, not certain what “split” means so I took additional pictures of the piece. Please let me know if you need anything else. I will post 6 pictures but due to size will need to load in 2 comment boxes. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Something about the top photo in this last set is ringing the wood bell in my ear. With some sort of boring in it no less. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 hour ago, ynot said: Looks like sandstone with a high iron content. Not wood or bone, but one of nature's fake fossils. am thinking that you didn't wait to see the last photo above your post before you typed. Not sandstone for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Palm wood is sort of bone like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsludden Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Rockwood and plax, thank you for commenting. I will research palm wood to see if I can find a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 3 hours ago, Plax said: am thinking that you didn't wait to see the last photo above your post before you typed. Not sandstone for me. You are right, probably not sandstone. Still do not see fossil wood. Does not look like palm wood I have seen. 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...
dsludden Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 I just got out into sunlight to take these pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rockwood Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 50 minutes ago, ynot said: Does not look like palm wood I have seen. Have you been digging up any rotten stuff ? I still think there is a vague pattern to it. Perhaps bioturbation ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsludden Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Rockwood, Hurricane Florence swept through the area in Sept 2018. The 20+inches of rain and high winds did a number on the area to include beaches and rivers. I myself haven’t seen any more or less muck in the River but it could be a possibility. Is this piece possibly forest floor or seabed floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I’m leaning toward bone for this piece but am not sure. There is no cancellous bone present but I see some circular structures in the new pictures that remind me of vessels running through bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 This sort of thing happens a lot. It's comforting in a way to think that we're not so different from the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsludden Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Al Dente thank you for taking time to provide your opinion. Is there something I can do to provide more info for a definitive diagnosis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsludden Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Thank you Rockwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 3 hours ago, dsludden said: Al Dente thank you for taking time to provide your opinion. Is there something I can do to provide more info for a definitive diagnosis? Bring the specimen to the Aurora Fossil Festival in May and a lot of folks will be on hand to look over this and any other specimens in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 3 hours ago, dsludden said: Al Dente thank you for taking time to provide your opinion. Is there something I can do to provide more info for a definitive diagnosis? I always look at stuff I find under a microscope. Not very practical if you don't own one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsludden Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Plax, thank you for the suggestion! I plan on attending the Fossil fair as I have some other unidentified pieces that I have found over the last 6 months. I will add this piece to the box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsludden Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 Al Dente I tried to get some shots of the piece under 60x magnification. I cleaned an area of the dark crust and took pictures through the eye piece. Great idea, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 What I can say, is that the specimen looks to have boring(s) at least perpendicular to its long axis, which may not prove the difference between bone or plant material. Its xylic or osteic quality (as substrate) may help in the determination. " 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...
Al Dente Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 1 hour ago, dsludden said: Al Dente I tried to get some shots of the piece under 60x magnification. I cleaned an area of the dark crust and took pictures through the eye piece. Great idea, thanks Good job on the pictures. I’m leaning more towards bone but I’m not positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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