New Members Mike iler Posted October 1 New Members Share Posted October 1 My name is Michael iler I'm new to this sight I seen you are from Southeast Missouri so maybe you can help me I have a fossilized human heart you clearly tell it is a heart and that it is human because a human heart is the only one that has three chambers if you could help me out with this I would really appreciate it are maybe you know who I could contact thank you for your time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Hi, You are in a topic that dates back 9 years ! And the author has not been on the forum for more than 1 year ! If you have things to identify, post them in the section of the forum reserved for this purpose, with clear photos of your object not held in one hand, with its location of finding quite precise (country, state, county, next city), with measurements in cm or inches. You have to open your own subject with a clear title. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 POSTS SPLIT INTO THEIR OWN TOPIC. Pretty sure you have not found a human heart. Soft tissues rarely fossilize, and require extraordinary circumstances when they do. Take your item to a local Natural history museum to be looked at by a paleontologist. Or, you could post pictures here, but I am 99% positive you haven't found a human heart fossil. 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "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...
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Fossildude19 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 As expected, this is not a human heart. It looks like it might be a chert nodule/cobble. definitely not a fossil heart. 5 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "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...
Fin Lover Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Sorry, I agree it's just a rock. But, welcome to the forum! Do a little research to see what kinds of fossils you can find in your area and keep looking! 1 2 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, Mike iler said: it is human because a human heart is the only one that has three chambers Human hearts have 4 chambers, not 3. But I 100% agree that this is not a heart fossil from any animal. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advantage Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Its as described above just a rock. Keep looking and learning. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Mike iler Posted October 4 Author New Members Share Posted October 4 Thank my you're rite 4 not three but the 4th comes in to the aorta so it looks like it's only three I'm telling you you gotta look at this thing in person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Your photos, albeit a bit blurry, are diagnostic enough to conclude this is not a fossilized heart. Pause to consider what it would take for an organ like that to fossilize, and consider as well the geology of your area. Both seem to rule out the hypothesis. 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Muscle tissue only fossilizes very, very, very, very rarely and never in three dimensional form. Always compressed to two dimensions, flat as a pancake, when it occurs. Also, I would expect to see arteries and veins not only entering and exiting, but on its surface as well. 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...
Randyw Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Welcome to the forum! Unfortunatly I’m with the others. This isn’t a heart or a fossil of any kind. It’s just an interestingly shaped rock. We get a half dozen or so supposed hearts on here a year but they never are. occasionally some one doesn’t believe our i.d. And we tell them to check with a paleontologist and get back to us. So far no one ever has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Hi i don't think my phone works correctly because I love to see the images bur none are opening. Cheers Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 WHY can I not see these JPG files ?? Using Firefox, then DuckDuckgo, finally Google as a browser. 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 I could see them Tuesday but I can't now. Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonaddict Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 6 minutes ago, Shellseeker said: WHY can I not see these JPG files ?? Using Firefox, then DuckDuckgo, finally Google as a browser. 5 minutes ago, Fin Lover said: I could see them Tuesday but I can't now. its a link to a 3rd party content host, not hosted on TFF. when you share content from your folders access is usually only granted temporarily to prevent leaks. Some file hosts allow you to generate permanent share links but it varies wildly. it's possible someone has them cached if they opened it previously or downloaded it and can re-share. otherwide OP can share a new link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 It was basically a quartz or quartzite rock. Vaguely heart shaped, but a rock none the less. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "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...
digit Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 2 hours ago, Fin Lover said: I could see them Tuesday but I can't now. Occasionally (and for no apparent reason) the forum has issues with image links and photos end up replaced with filenames. It's a software bug that we've not yet diagnosed. The rock in question is, as mentioned, nothing more than a quartzite cobble rounded in a curious shape that has suggested the shape of a heart (the anatomical shape not the artistic shape found on a deck of cards). Any resemblance is nothing more than pareidolia. Soft tissue does not mineralize like this. For the sake of completeness for future readers we could ask the original poster to repost the images. It will not change the identification which is still a quartzite cobble with a faint resemblance to something heart shaped. Cheers. -Ken 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 (edited) @Bobby Rico @Shellseeker Here you go here’s his photos. I copied them so you can see Edited October 4 by Randyw 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 Thanks Randy. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 And yes, the originals were that blurry. 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...
anonaddict Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 23 hours ago, digit said: Occasionally (and for no apparent reason) the forum has issues with image links and photos end up replaced with filenames. It's a software bug that we've not yet diagnosed. The rock in question is, as mentioned, nothing more than a quartzite cobble rounded in a curious shape that has suggested the shape of a heart (the anatomical shape not the artistic shape found on a deck of cards). Any resemblance is nothing more than pareidolia. Soft tissue does not mineralize like this. For the sake of completeness for future readers we could ask the original poster to repost the images. It will not change the identification which is still a quartzite cobble with a faint resemblance to something heart shaped. Cheers. -Ken is it by any chance related to the topic being split and filenames no longer being unique thus causing xml error? idk the location of the original post to compare the urls so just a stab in the dark, feel free to ignore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 20 minutes ago, anonaddict said: is it by any chance related to the topic being split and filenames no longer being unique thus causing xml error? idk the location of the original post to compare the urls so just a stab in the dark, feel free to ignore No. photos were added after the split 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "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...
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