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I found some more crystals in that rock again in the creek today
matthew textor posted a topic in Rocks & Minerals
Hi everyone this is matt again today in the creek I went back to that rock and found a few more crystals here are some photos -
Hi, I am new here and have a little collection of rocks that look unusual and would love some help to ID them if possible. I would really appreciate any help. I found this in rocky clay soil on my property. Tennis ball size and also contains some shiny black pieces around and in the rock.
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plz help identify and its extremely hard at first I thought it was possibly some kind of geode so I took a very big hammer put it on concrete tried to smash it didn't even scratch it I smacked it time and time again and barely chipped it tried to cut it with a concrete saw for 45 minutes didn't even get halfway through it's about two and a half two and a quarter inches across finally got it cut in half with a rock saw & non magnetic well some places barley maby are
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From the album: Fossils found with my bantams. Northamptonshire.
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Hi, I’ve recently come back from a trip near Benson, Arizona on public land, and found this rock with a fossil. I myself am not a fossil expert or collector, but I’m curious as to what I’ve picked up, thank you. The dimensions are about 1.905 cm x 5.08cm
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I'm wondering if anyone can provide a source or two on the geologic formation of "wonderstone" from Tooele County, Utah. I know it is volcanic in origin, but what formation and what geologic age? What overlies/underlies this rock? Do we know where and which volcano is responsible? Have fossils ever been found in there before? Google has not been excessively helpful in searching for this information.
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Found in a farm field in the western lower peninsula of Michigan. I was thinking stromatolite but I'm not so sure. Also, it looks like limestone but steel won't scratch it, and it doesn't react to acid. What do you think?
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I found a quartz I think but I don't know what kind it is ?
matthew textor posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi everyone this is matt again today in the creek I found this quarts cristal. I think there are many types of quarts crystals does anyone know what kind this quarts crystal could be ? here is a photo -
nice granite rock with crystals all over it in the creek today
matthew textor posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
hi everyone this is matthew again today I found a large piece of granite that I broke apart and it was loaded with crystals here is a photo -
Hello, I found this very strange rock. It has what looks like a fossil impression? And this strange hole that has scale-like structures in it. Is anybody able to tell me anything about this? Sorry there's no scale, I couldn't find a ruler. It's about 10cm long. I found it in Northamptonshire, UK. Thanks.
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hi everyone this is matthew again today in the creek I found this strange rock with a lot of red dots all over it does anyone know what it is ? here is a photo
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Hello new member here, my name is Robert! I found this site while searching google in an attempt to identify some beautiful items I came across recently while at the beach in san francisco. I understand most of you guys refer to yourself as amateurs, though reading a few forum topics before creating my account I was impressed with the amount of detailed information in regards to your studies and findings. That being said I must admit I am %110 amateur in my knowledge of fossils, different time periods, etc. So please forgive me if I seem to ask simple questions like I don't know what I am talking about, I am still learning. WELL, in regards to the piece I am hoping to learn about (please see attached image). I recently found it while I was at the beach in San Francisco area. It measures 2 and 3/4 inches wide, 2 inches tall, with a shallow depth of a 1/4 inch. My main question is...WHAT is it!? I've seen many sand dollar fossils, coral rock fossils, clam fossils recently on the beaches here, but I've only seen one like this. The milky white crescent shaped object that is offset to the right of the center of the stone, looks like a tiny shrimp or something (again , please forgive my lack of knowledge). Also, the only thing I can relate the slightly irridecesent dark blue-ish streaks to are the inside of some of the mussel shells that I see on the beaches here, so maybe it is in relation to that...? Again, I have no idea but I do speculate much as I've recently grew heavy in interest on the subject and those alike. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone has some pointers on or can possibly identify this, what I believe to be, fossil stone of some sort. I have many photos of all the beautiful items I've recently collected, and needless to say, so many questions I wish to ask you all in regards to them. I am planning to post detailed images of them all in the My collections section but for some reason most of my pictures on my phone exceed the "Max total size of 3.95MB" in the image upload section so I am going to try and take some different pics that are "uploadable". I would be more than happy to take new pics or zoom in closer on any specific area(s), if needed or necessary. Thank you all for your time
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Hi everyone, would you please help me identify this rock? Found in Guye formation in Washington state (Paleocene to Eocene). Thank you so very much!
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I just got back from Satellite Beach, Florida and picked up something that looked like a coprolite. There were many of them and I grabbed the smallest one. How do I know what it is?
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Found this in my backyard. There were some stones nearby that looked like they could be Native American tools. Very smooth to the touch. Any info would be helpful! Found in Neenah, WI.
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3 cm high 2 cm long half a centimeter deep, Rogersville Alabama Half mile from the river mixture of red dirt brown dirt and some sand. This area was all Underwater for millions of years and then it was home to Native Americans, then white settlers. It’s near a plantation that grew cotton, but was closer to the slave quarters then it was the actual Cottonfield.I would say it’s a piece of sponge because it has some porous off white or light brown material in between the dark gray, light brown areas in red. I think the red might come from iron rich dirt and is responsible for some of the purple hued areas also. To be honest it does look like a wad of bubble gum that you would get from under your desk I put a Dremel grinder to it and it didn’t really do much damage it looked the same when I was done. Of course I didn’t want to mess up all of it. Any guesses or any other prep work I should do to get it more detail would be much appreciated thank you. I’ll post another couple of pictures under this maybe that will help
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Hi there, so I came across this rock awhile ago. I found it in the mountains just west of fort Collins, co. I've spent a lot of time trying to find information on it but not having much luck. It's pretty hard, doesn't leave a streak and has weird layers. It's around 2 inches or so and round-ish. Hope the pictures are good enough. If not, I can always take more. Thank you for any info!
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Geologists get Rock Emojis Scientists Love Their Emojis, But It's Complicated Nell Greenfieldboyce, All Things Considered, February 12, 2020 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/12/805202513/scientists-their-emojis-but-its-complicated We need to petition in Unicode Commission for a trilobite emojis. :-) Yours, Paul H.
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Hi All, My instinct says this one’s a dud. But it was just too unusual not to investigate. Any leads or answers are appreciated, as always. -size is approx 15x20cm -found on the beach -Haida Gwaii (near Alaska) Thank you!