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Allenz

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I believe that's an ironstone nodule. I have found several in my search for MC fossils. Is it very heavy for its size? 

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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Why would the outer bands have ridges 

and middle is smooth and why dose center look like it was melted curves 

in it  different light photo ,what ever it is 

it is petrified F6D1782E-BE13-46DF-BA32-21AB1BDFC3F4.thumb.jpeg.4821fb8b8c3634a6b3156eabaf929dc7.jpeg

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Tony @ynot may correct me on the terminology, but this is Pyrite, it is found all over the place near the area that you were at. I was just PM'ing Ken @digit on pyrite. If I can find a piece that I have that could be it's twin I will post after I get home from climbing.

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39 minutes ago, Allenz said:

Why would the outer bands have ridges 

and middle is smooth and why dose center look like it was melted curves 

in it

It is just the way that some concretions will form.

Petrified means "turned to stone", since it was stone to start with it can not be petrified.

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@Allenz , @ynot here are pieces of pyrite that I collected at Pit 11 near the Tipple Hill. Years ago I was able to pick up quite a few pieces each time I went. We would add one piece to each grab bag of fossils that we gave out to people that came on trips with us from Fossil Ridge Library.

 

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9 hours ago, Allenz said:

Nice ,thank you pyrite not magnetic  

should have caught that.

 

It is worth collecting. I have found half of a dozen in 30 years of collecting that had interesting shapes and I picked up and kept in my collection. 

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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