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Hello all, I apologies in advance as I do not have any experience with geology (although I have family members who are geologists), nor I have I ever been fossil hunting before. I am interested in paleobiology but I’m only an art student so forgive me. Some context;

I live in northwestern British Columbia on the intermontane belt. I was wading in the river near my town and came across this stone under the water. I was wondering if this is in fact just a stone or if it could be something more? The fossils I know to have been found in my area are mostly invertebrates like ammonites and bivalves as well as a lot of plant matter. This looked very similar to a fossilized lobster my friend has and that got me curious.

 

 *First two images are of what I found, last one is the type of fossil I’m used to in my area. 

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Are these black inclusions harder then the matrix?

Can you scratch the black inclusions with a needle?

And you are having some nice plant fossils around you :dinothumb:.
Franz Bernhard

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3 hours ago, FranzBernhard said:

Are these black inclusions harder then the matrix?

Can you scratch the black inclusions with a needle?

And you are having some nice plant fossils around you :dinothumb:.
Franz Bernhard

The inclusions can be scratched with a needle but don’t seem to be significantly softer than the matrix. 

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4 hours ago, Isotelus2883 said:

Looks like some sort of breccia.

Looked into it after reading your comment and that seems right.

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