The Fossilman Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 What am I ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 17 hours ago, The Fossilman said: What am I ? Concretion. 4 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 17 hours ago, The Fossilman said: What am I ? 47 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Concretion. I disagree, this is clearly a wig model. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fossilman Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 21 hours ago, The Fossilman said: What am I ? Inside the concretion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I can't make out anything recognizable. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 22 hours ago, The Fossilman said: What am I ? Did you find this rock at the same quarry as the one found in your recent post? If you let us know exactly what quarry you found it at and the rock layers there, we might be able to tell you what the rock is. Does it fizz in acid? Can you scratch it with a metal knife blade? My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fossilman Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 These come from a grave l pit operation in the Central Alberta Canada region close to a small town called Ponoka Alberta. The rocks have gone over the screener and where put aside by the operator and I have collected some very unique and interesting pieces from the pit. The composition is sandstone and they are soft enough to scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 1 minute ago, The Fossilman said: These come from a grave l pit operation in the Central Alberta Canada region close to a small town called Ponoka Alberta. The rocks have gone over the screener and where put aside by the operator and I have collected some very unique and interesting pieces from the pit. The composition is sandstone and they are soft enough to scratch. They are likely concretions. I bet that they may be cemented with calcite which fizzes in acid. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 12 minutes ago, The Fossilman said: These come from a grave l pit operation in the Central Alberta Canada region close to a small town called Ponoka Alberta. The rocks have gone over the screener and where put aside by the operator and I have collected some very unique and interesting pieces from the pit. The composition is sandstone and they are soft enough to scratch. You posted them here in this thread, but a few of us are unsure what you say these are supposed to look like. Generally, when we post here it is about rocks we find in the field that look like something obvious like an egg or a turtle or some-such. In other words, there is a clear "wow, that looks convinciing even though it's just mother nature playing tricks on us!" vibe here. Maybe help us out with what this piece resembles to you? 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) This is the pseudofossil thread, correct? Maybe fossilman meant to make a new thread. Edited March 1 by JBkansas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fossilman Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 The first one I don't know what it is so looking for ideas to consider. The second one does have a lot of characteristics similar to the alveoli of a lung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) 3 minutes ago, The Fossilman said: The first one I don't know what it is so looking for ideas to consider. The second one does have a lot of characteristics similar to the alveoli of a lung. As Kane mentioned, this thread is for posting things that look like fossils that we know they are not (an egg shaped rock, concrete shaped like a bone, etc). If want help identifying fossils, you should put them as a new thread under "fossil ID" Edited March 1 by JBkansas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 3 hours ago, The Fossilman said: The second one does have a lot of characteristics similar to the alveoli of a lung. As does any botryoidal formation. A lot of these pseudofossils resemble soft tissues (which do not fossilize in inflated life form). Alveoli or a grape cluster are two types of things that a globular concretion like this resembles--not that there is any relation other than pareidolia fantasies. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Split out into it's own topic . 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentB Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Just a rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Yet another rock, believe it or not. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 I am a rock; I am an island. A rock feels no pain. An island never cries. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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