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We were digging a trench and came across some fossilized coral while digging around there we found this laying in the side of the bank. Is this just a rock, or maybe even a claw
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Could not identify these little pieces myself. Obviously 1 is more of a weird type of rock formation, but I was wondering if anyone knew why it looked like it was made of all those little capsules. 2 is most interesting to me, I honestly have no idea. 3 seems to maybe be a pieces of sediment that got something pressed into it and it hardened as a print? Not sure.
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Sorry for posting repeatedly about mineral identification! But I have yet another mineral to identify. There's this deep green, glassy mineral in matrix and I don't know what it is. It probably comes from Africa. Unable to narrow down the location. My first thought was Tsavorite but I saw online a piece of Chrome Dravite that looked exactly like this, including the matrix. It's hard without seeing the formation habit of the crystal. Any ideas?
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Any idea how this was formed? was it a rock that had lava flow cover it? That’s what I thought at first. the shape on one side almost looks like a mold. Did the lick test and tongue stuck to the wishbone looking part. Can this be a bone? Any thoughts ? this was found in Northeast Kansas near an area we found some Crinoid and fusulinid fossils.
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I'm sorry for the blurry pics, I don't have the specimen with me and my mom had to take these pictures. I have this mineral, and am not sure if it's black tourmaline or aegirine. The cross section of aegirine should be square-ish and black tourmaline's should be triangular and bulging. I'm looking at it and I still have no idea. If someone has experience and can separate the two, please let me know. Don't know the location.
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check out these 2 coral fossils I found in the creek today
matthew textor posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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what is this large rock that I came across in the creek today ?
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From time to time, I find these rocks in the river that look like they have many small shells and fragments embedded in them. Unfortunately, mostly what I know is Pleistocene, so it's hard for me to make anything out of them. This one I found a couple of weeks ago seemed particularly busy. Would love it if someone could tell me more. @JohnJ @Jared C
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Hello Gentlemen, I'm looking for a little help with an ID. I'm 48 and a Kentucky boy. This week I started browsing some creeks looking for arrowheads, it's something I have never done and just wanted to try. I ran into this rock with an organized pattern on it.....appears to be something that is fossil-ish to me. However I don't know much about fossils so you guys see what you think. Thanks for looking, -Aaron
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Hi there. My son found this rock and he search it on a Rock Identifier app and said it may be a fossil. It kind of looks like it on the exterior. The rock has broken into peace’s and now he only conserves 3 of them. What looks odd to me is the interior , sounds like a rock though. Hope for some help.
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Hi! So I know absolutely nothing about fossils, but my dad and I were looking for shark teeth at Fossil Beach in Westmoreland State Park yesterday, and we came up empty handed except for this weird looking rock. At first we thought it was just a rock in the general shape of a shark tooth, but upon closer inspection we noticed that it looks glossy and about the right color in a few spots (especially on one side) and there are some lines in the rock that look sharktooth-esque. It has holes in the top and on the side that are each about a centimeter deep, so we were wondering if it were possible that this is actually a shark tooth, and a rock somehow formed around it? (Please excuse the awful photography lol, I couldn't get a clear side picture without holding it up) The dimensions are about an 1.25 x 1.75 inches btw Thank you so much, any input would be greatly appreciated!
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take a look at these crystals I found in the creek today
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Hi members, Land is being dug and flattened next to my house in Sydney, so thought would take a stroll and see if I get lucky, found this rock and pressed against the layer by hand and this layer easily seperated, seems like it has something but may not be a good example, still wanted to share, thoughts?
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Hi everyone, I forgot to post this in another post where I asked for a fossil ID. I am posting it now. The last time I went out looking for fossils, I went to a travertine deposit in the canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho. I found an odd rock that looked like a carrot. I also found this there. It’s extremely thin, maybe about 1 to 2 mm thin. I have no idea what it is, or if it’s even a fossil or not. If it is a fossil, what is it? If it’s not a fossil, then I really need to do research and find a new place to look around. I haven’t found any interesting fossils since I moved to near Twin Falls, Idaho. It’s discouraging, actually. Anyway, let me know what you think it is. Jared.
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Good afternoon! I am curious if anyone can tell me what this is? Found on Folly Beach in Charleston. Thanks!
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Id please of this unique mineral found in gray mud layer under Cretaceous limestone outcrop in Texas. does not oxidize and shiny extremely hard and does no streak on ceramic Nothing like hematite or magnetite minerals I have found before. fyi I’ve posted this before
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Here's something I've been trying to ID for a while. At first I thought it was a conodont, but all my research has so far indicated that it's too big to be one, and I don't really know what else it could be, or if it's even a fossil at all. Any input is highly appreciated
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Hi, Any thoughts on these three? Found in Big Brook, Monmouth county NJ. They were not together. Don't appear they are from a fire. The area has tons of iron concretions, but these seemed to stick out differently. Any thoughts if they may be coprolite?