73MOH Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 (edited) I found this rock and thought it had some interesting features,including plant life. It is very hard and heavy for its size... can anyone tell me more about it? Edited June 8, 2019 by 73MOH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SailingAlongToo Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 First time I've seen fruit used as a scale..... Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73MOH Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 8 minutes ago, SailingAlongToo said: First time I've seen fruit used as a scale..... It's the new international standard.... you WILL see it everywhere now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 1 hour ago, 73MOH said: It's the new international standard.... you WILL see it everywhere now. I prefer kiwi for potassium and energy on a hot, humid fossil hunting day. Definitely should avoid going down the rabbit hole of, "not all bananas are the same." Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 I'm not at all sure, but cycad comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73MOH Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 42 minutes ago, Rockwood said: I'm not at all sure, but cycad comes to mind. As in a plant? root clump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 8 minutes ago, 73MOH said: As in a plant? root clump? I have little confidence in it as an ID, but I did find the photo that likely gave rise to the thought. It would be the base of the plant. Sort of a compressed stalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73MOH Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 11 minutes ago, Rockwood said: I have little confidence in it as an ID, but I did find the photo that likely gave rise to the thought. It would be the base of the plant. Sort of a compressed stalk Yeah, mine appears a lot more random, but with definite tubular structures.... Here's a close up of some of the tubes.... any chance they are blood vessels? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 38 minutes ago, 73MOH said: any chance they are blood vessels You would need to use scientific notation to even express odds that small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 4 hours ago, 73MOH said: It's the new international standard.... you WILL see it everywhere now. 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Extant banana species range from 3" to 15". Useless as a size comparison tool. Odds of being blood vessels will fall into the range of between zero and one quadrillionth of one percent, probably closer to zero than one quadrillionth. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Those tubular structures may be key to solving this they are tickling something at the back of my brain but I can’t put my finger on it a aquatic something that makes colonies but I can’t remember if worm or what.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peto Lithos Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Some bryozoans look like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 They kind of remind me of tube worm cluster fossils I’ve seen pictures of with something else mixed in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Search for topic Crosswicks Creek 4/11/12 and compare his finds to yours.... sorry I don’t know how to link it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73MOH Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Randyw said: Search for topic Crosswicks Creek 4/11/12 and compare his finds to yours.... sorry I don’t know how to link it Yeah, very similar.... Thanks for all the replies guys. Edited June 9, 2019 by 73MOH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Maybe teredo worm Borings here is an example I have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I'm still not comfortable with any of the possibilities suggested, nor have I found anything that resembles it. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 for a banana bender (Queenslander nickname) the banana for scale is standard. once you venture out to Roma in south western Queensland, fossil wood is quite common in some areas but I suspect your piece is tree fern. A photo of the end would tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73MOH Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Mike from North Queensland said: for a banana bender (Queenslander nickname) the banana for scale is standard. once you venture out to Roma in south western Queensland, fossil wood is quite common in some areas but I suspect your piece is tree fern. A photo of the end would tell. Queenslandah!!!... when you say fossil wood, is that the same as petrified wood?Because the was loads of that nearby (as in a complete trunk)... This was found to the north of Nebo in Queensland... Here is a photo of what I consider the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Petrified wood or fossil wood is all the same. South western Queensland has a lot of fossil wood. Not having collected much plant material but I am fairly confidant your is tree fern as your last photo looks like a modern slab of tree fern material from the nursery. On a side note its good to see we beat the cockroaches (Someone from New South Wales) in football (Rugby League) the other week. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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