New and have questions with what I found

[THISGUY1]

Hi so I'm completely new to all of this and what I found was by accident and thankfully I got bored with me and my son's fish tank substrate because I would of just threw this back in the dirt. Anyways I was collecting rocks for the fish tank and brought a bunch home an took the most like ones inside to put in the fish tank and left the rest outside well months later I wanted to change the tanks look so I went through the pile of rocks when I noticed one of the coolest things I ever found then after looking on Google I seen a picture and thought it looked like another rock I found hopefully someone could please tell me what I found and if it's a more of a common or hopefully rare find. I do plan on going to try and find more. Thanks  ( the first 9 pics are of what I found then the rest is what I found on Google

 

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[Kane]

Quite a few pictures without numbering, but I can say I see spiriferid brachiopod in the first image followed by crinoid ossicle impression in the next.

[FranzBernhard]

Welcome to TFF from Austria!

 

You got it right at the first try! Congrats!

 

These fossils are super-abundant in certain areas, especially in some lower Paleozoic ones. So these marine fossils are very old.

 

Btw, the third one isn´t a fossil, but some regular veining in a rock.

 

Franz Bernhard

[Fossildude19]

I agree, 1 and 2 are  crinoid stem columnal impressions, and imprints of Mucrospirifer mucronatus brachiopods. These are quite common finds in the Mahantango formation, near Lancaster PA.

 

Your 3rd item is not a fossil, ... just a weathered piece of rock, with mineral veins exposed.  Looks like possibly some sort of metamorphic rock.

[mr.cheese]

I like the crinoid stems, looks kind of like jelly fish doesn't it? I know its not but still!

A certain morocco inhabiting turtle fan will like the spirifers me thinks! @Tidgy's Dad

[Fin Lover]

A side note: make sure you know what type of rock it is before you put it in a fish tank.  The minerals will effect the water and can kill a fish if you aren't careful.

[Gizmo]

Welcome aboard! 🙂

[Mark Kmiecik]

Welcome from Illinois.

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 11/27/2023 at 1:23 PM, mr.cheese said:

I like the crinoid stems, looks kind of like jelly fish doesn't it? I know its not but still!

A certain morocco inhabiting turtle fan will like the spirifers me thinks! @Tidgy's Dad

Indeed!

Yum Yum!

[Brandy Cole]

Welcome from Texas.  Looks like you've got a good eye!

[Lone Hunter]

Another howdy and welcome from Texas!

[Sjfriend]

Welcome from Alaska