Ellen Baker Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Found this in NM, not a professional, but I’d like to know if it’s a fossil, and if so what kind. Looks like a fossil to me, but it also looks igneous, so is that possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen Baker Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Photo of reverse side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Certainly has a fossil-like shape, but it seems more like a really odd concretion to me. More will weigh in. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 6 hours ago, Ellen Baker said: Looks like a fossil to me, but it also looks igneous, so is that possible? Both are possible, but neither is at all likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Looks like a weathered limestone. There may be fossils in it (need close up pictures to see), but as a whole it is not a fossil. 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...
Zenmaster6 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Has the uncanny shape of a coral but we would want to see close ups for sure. pour a tiny bit of vinegar on it and see if it fizzes. (Note: This may harm the rock or fossil but would give a better understanding of its composition for identification) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Looks like a worn vertebra to me. ~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...
Ellen Baker Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Didn’t fizz with vinegar. I did find it at the foot of an old volcano, there’s a lot of lava rock there, and it does look igneous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen Baker Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 It measures 8.5” long, 5” wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rockwood Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Sorry, this is just not the texture of bone. Volcanic rock seems most likely to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Given the better pictures and pertinent information given, I will agree with @Rockwood. 1 hour ago, Ellen Baker said: I did find it at the foot of an old volcano, 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...
SteveE Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) Vertebra from Smaug. He did live in a firey mountain seriously though, does it float? Volcanic pumice often does. Edited March 23, 2019 by SteveE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen Baker Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 No, Bilbo, it doesn’t float. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 It may be well aged pumice. The stuff isn't geologically stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Very little volcanic rock is classified as pumice. 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...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Looks like vesicular basalt or scoria to me. Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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