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Why the Foulden Maar, New Zealand, fossil site is worth preserving
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Life in maars: why it’s worth protecting a spectacular fossil site NZ almost lost to commercial mining interests John G. Gordan and otehrs, The Conversation, July 20, 2023 Foulden Maar: Dunedin City Council saves fossil site from mining by buying land RNZ, February2, 2023 Saving Foulden Maar-GSNZ lnvolvement Daphne Lee, Bruce W Hayward and Jennifer Eccles GSNZ Geoheritage Subcommittee Bruce Hayward publications A book on this site is: Lee, D., Kaulfuss, U. and Conran, J., 2022. Fossil Treasures of Foulden Maar: A Window Into Miocene Zealandia. Otago University Press. Yours, Paul H.-
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Here is a video of an Ethiopian crystal opal with what I think is root systems inside. Are the inclusions really organic or they might be crystals? I added two microscopic images in the end of the video.
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Hello! I found two pieces of Limestone in a forest in Germany. I broke them in half and there are some markings in them. Picture 1-2 shows grey lines. To my amateur eyes, this looks like some sort of plant or grass. Is it anything or is it purely geological? Picture 3-4 No idea what this is. Help is appreciated. Thank you!
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Looking through some amonites in a rock shop I felt compelled to purchase this one. Not a single one of my others have markings like this so it has been added to my collection. Are the markings from a type of vegetation?
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San Antonio, Tx How long will vegetation in sediment stay alive? I’ve had this piece of sediment that I found here at my house set aside for about two months.
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Like what title said: is it a tree limb, bamboo, reed, or is it even something geological? Dakota formation, also known as Dakota Sandstone. Dakota formation is known to produce variety of flora fossils, such as leaves and seeds. The patterns on these fossils strike me as 'flora-ish'; like these that seem be nodes and also 'bark-like' and fibrous textures. ...Continued on the next post.
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Today I had a good time with fossil hunting at the Dakota formation (early Cenomanian) sites and Greenhorn formation (Cenomanian-early Turonian) sites in Ellsworth county, Kansas. Typical view of the local countryside, but still beautiful! I keep finding these weird vertebrae-like rocks, clustered in this particular site and not other sites. I suspect it's not vertebrae but I still can't figure this out yet. These mysterious vertebrae-like rocks...reminds me of shark centrum and crinoid stems but I don't think it's them. This site is Dakota formation. I took these home just in case it is identified as fossils later. I think it's fossil vegetation of some sort. Maybe reed or horsetail? I found these jumbled at different locations but put it together and it fitted like a puzzle. I took it home and will be prepped. This is from Dakota formation. Inoceramus from Greenhorn formation. One of the best specimen of this genus I have found so far! Took this one home. Another Inoceramus, pretty good specimen! I also took this one home. Tiny fossil in the center. Greenhorn formation again. This tiny fossil, image enlarged and the ridges/grooves are visible. No idea what it was. I took this one home and will be put under the microscope for identification efforts. The storm was brewing at the distance as the cold front is heading south. It was lightning and I was at near the top of hill, the road would be impassable if wet, so it was time for me to go home! I will be posting some of those fossils on the Fossils ID section soon after it is cleaned up. Cheers!
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I went on my first fossil trip today. Firstly, I'd like to make sure this is actually a fossil; I spoke to someone experienced who mentioned it's probably a plant fossil. As for the ID itself. It's 8 cm x 3 cm x 1 cm. It was found in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by the Humber River near Old Mill Station. I would appreciate any help confirming if this is a fossil, and maybe what it is. Thank you!
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Found in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, USA. I found along a shallow stream bed that cuts deeply through a rocky gorge. Nearby is a large fossilized tree branch and I have found other Fossil there as well. The material is sandstone and I noticed it's starting to deteriorate. The size of the overall specimen is 152 mm in length.
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I found this cool looking lady recently on my property which is located in the border of Denton and Wise counties in Texas. The formation is the Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation: Mortoniceras and Eopachydiscus. What raised my eyebrows about this piece were a few things. On one end of the rock it has several, somewhat uniform, divots reminiscent of that of a golf ball. They are very prominent and looked very odd to me. Secondly was in, and around the whole on either side appears to be agatized material. Further more in those same areas is an agatized “tube” that is perfectly cylindrical. Any idea what, if anything besides a cool rock, this could be?
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Found this mountainside in Clermont, NH. I think it might be fossilized vegetation but I’m not certain. It’s about the size of a chicken egg. Any thoghts? Thank you!
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I found this doing what I always do, picking up interesting rocks. This one I noticed was some form of layered rock with fractures, so I assisted them and this was on the inside. Looked for quite a few hours and couldn't find another picture that resembled this. I have more pics, the underside looks like it has fossilized vegetation and there are multiple layers of these creatures throughout this fossilized rock.
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