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I found this at Illinois State Beach (lake Michigan) Hi everyone, I've got this fossil and I'm stumped about what it could be. Any ideas on its identification would be greatly appreciated! I did look through the fossil forum's post on fossil identification and I did find this fossil here that could possibly be related??
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Hello, I am new to fossil hunting and identification. I took this fossil to a mineralogical association meeting last night and no one could identify it. Hopefully someone on this forum can. It was embedded in a rock I found on the shores of the northeastern section of Lake Michigan. The other side of the rock has a brachiopod in it. I removed this from the rock using a dremel engraving tool with a small chisel attachment. That is what made the surface marks (but not the deep divots). Can anyone help identify this thing? Thank you! Windwalker
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Lake Michigan Chain Coral-Please Look-Are They Really Rare?
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These were both found on the shore of Lake Michigan in Illinois. They are chain coral. From what I have read, chain coral is rare from Lake Michigan. I have seen pieces sell for about $50. Are these really rare? If so-why? Thanks- 12 replies
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Found on the bank of Lake Michigan, Racine, WI - March 2023. Was told possibly a horn coral? I know absolutely nothing about this fossil and was hoping someone could help me out with an exact ID and info. Ever since I was 4yrs old and found several pieces of petrified wood on my great grandpa's land, I've loved collecting rocks! I'm now 60yrs old and still collecting rocks, fossils and indian artifacts . (arrowheads, tools, etc)
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This item was found along the shore of Lake Michigan near Petoskey in Northern Michigan. The cells in the stone seem to sparkle. Can anyone help me identify what it is?
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I picked up this jasper for its banding. Only later, when checking the rock through my hand lense did I discover what I think are a bunch of little rugose colonial corallites at the top and bottom of this rock. If these are indeed corals, all but one lack most detail in the center. If septa are faintly visible, they look differently preserved than on any of my other coral specimens. Mostly it's just circle after circle here, and areas full of "pores". Now that I'm looking at them on my larger screen, the "pores" themselves seem to be corallites - microscopic ones. The black dots are in the center of honeycomb like shapes. I'm confused now, are these the fossilized remains of one or two type of corals, or maybe a colonial coral and a bryozoan? Sorry about the bad quality and distortion of the pictures taken through a microscope lens on my phone. Please help me ID these tiny hurricane look-alikes. As always, thanks in advance. Here a couple of them in various states of preservation. Lots of them have a vug where the center of the corallite would be. Here the circles look like growth rings and in some areas the "pores" are clearly visible. #1: This one is the only one with detail in the center. Septa? #2: a vug at the center seems all that's left here. #3: Just pores in the center, and in between the circles, maybe the faintest lines that could have been septa? #4: Area in between corals, with faintly visible honeycomb shapes: Detail of the above: Another area in between, looking somewhat different again:
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At first glance, on the beach, I thought this was a pink Petoskey stone / Hexagonaria, but there are no visible bands or gills. Any thoughts?
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Found this in Indiana Dunes National park! I left it there of course because you aren’t allowed to take anything. I was wondering if this could be some sort of stem indentation or just a silly looking rock? thanks!!
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Hi all! I am new to fossil hunting/collecting and came across these two on an island shore off the northwest coast of Michigan. It would be fun to know more about them. Thank you for any help in identifying the fossils. Chuck
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Hi all, last week I found an interesting rock formation that appears to be cropolite. At least based on a few images I was able to compare it against online. The formation was found on an island beach off the west coast of Michigan. Thank you for any help identifying it!
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Hello, While rock hunting in SE Wisconsin on the Lake Michigan shoreline, I came across this bone. Any thoughts?
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Hello, I was collecting pretty rocks from Crescent Beach in Algoma, WI. This was one I picked up because of its neat shape. I now believe it may be a fossil but I don’t know to what. I’m curious so I hope to get some suggestions. Thank you!
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Found this larger chunk of rock (too hard to be modern charcoal) while sifting for microfossils. It has a metallic look to it and is fairly brittle. It was found on bradford beach on Lake Michigan and was likely eroded out of the mid Devonian Milwaukee formation which is known for its coalified trees and giant fungi. this looks like a lot of coalified wood I’ve seen pictures of, but I’m pretty new when it comes to plant fossils so this might just be mineral. Thanks!
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Found two of these fossils now. Both on beaches that are probably Devonian in age. One is from SW Wisconsin on Lake Michigan and the other is in the Lower peninsula of Michigan from the shores of Lake Huron. Organ pipe coral or some sort of burrow trace fossil? Thanks!
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Hi! Just wanting to see if I can get any IDs on my recent finds from Lake Michigan. Thanks for any help. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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I've had these fossils for years now, but I never could figure out what they exactly were. The first image is of what looks like a fern and the second I'm not sure of (both found on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Illinois). The 4 following pictures are of 2 fossils found on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky on the Indiana side of the river. One looks very clam like, while the other looks more like what I am assuming is a crinoid? I can make out a small stem and small circular patterns on the opposing end. The last 2 pictures I am the most unsure of. It looks similar to the jellyfish nodule fossils of Mazon creek. I found it in Northern Illinois in Cook County.
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Found this guy today in northern Illinois, right near Wisconsin border. Any clue on what species it is?
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I found a lot of cool things at Lake Michigan and wanted to know if any of these could get an ID. Thanks!!! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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Found these while having a stroll on the beach on the southwestern tip of lake Michigan, in Illinois just south of the Wisconsin border. I am about as novice as you can get, and found this site while trying to figure out what these are... I'm pretty confident that the rings are crinoid stems, unsure about everything else. Hope the pictures are good enough, hard to photograph small things with a phone camera. Mostly curious about the spike shape on this one The smaller one here is the backside of the one above I don't know if these two are fossils, they look kind of crystalline but I don't know enough to say. That same spike shape seems to be super common, there's lots of them This one I am near 100% sure is coral, just unsure of what family or grouping it belongs to
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My son found, what looks to us to be, a backbone in the rock, in the shallow water of a beach in Door County, WI. The first picture is the fossil in question, the others are other things we found interesting but less convinced they are fossils. I would estimate it to be about 15 to 18 inches in length. Any idea what it could be? Thanks in advance for your time.
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Hi all, I'm brand new to rockhounding, and found this on the trip that started my interest this summer. I picked this up on a beach in the southern shores of Lake Michigan on the Michigan side. If I had to guess, I'd say it's sandstone with native copper inside. I don't trust my ID, however, because as I said I'm brand new to this hobby, and most of the state's copper is found in the northern regions. Can anyone here tell me if this is native copper? If so, I've seen some beautiful natural copper structures. I would love to get one out of the rock. Would muriatic acid dissolve the rock and leave me with the copper in its natural state? Thanks for any help you can provide!
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Last week we took a ride to Lake Michigan to do a short search before the weather turned bad. The previous day had strong winds with large waves and I thought we might find some interesting things. We found plenty of Favosites, Halysites, and Rugose corrals as well as some of the other usual finds. The one unusual find was what I believe to be an internal mold of a Pentamerus oblongus brachiopod. I don't find many brachiopods and as such I'm not 100% sure on my ID. Please confirm or correct. Thanks in advance. Jim
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