3 specimens - Rock? Wood? Bone?

[PSchleis]

3 more specimens - these i labeled 7/8/9.

 

7 and 9 really, really look like fossilized wood to me. I can't imagine what 8 is - looks like the branch of a tree maybe?

But I also know simple rock can take on really interesting shapes and patterns and fool the eye.

 

Thanks again!

 

[digit]

Agree that 7 & 9 look to have the texture of wood. If they are light then they may be blackened modern driftwood. If heavy and solid enough to 'clink' when tapped together, then they are likely petrified wood. Funny that we tend to favor the term 'petrified' (turned to stone) for wood but 'fossil' for other types of preservation.

 

Item 8 does have the shiny exterior surface I usually associate with fossilized bone material. It seems to have a hollow center area seen on one of the photos. This could be where the spongy (cancellous) material may have worn away while the fossil was tumbling around. Fits my concept of fossilized bone.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Thecosmilia Trichitoma]

You also have nicely preserved Moneyus Dollarus.