New Members fossilbryan Posted August 2, 2014 New Members Share Posted August 2, 2014 Hello all, I am new to the forum and fossil hunting. I apologize for any ignorance in advance. However, I've been picking up fossils for awhile. I'm an avid bottle digger/Indian artifact collector. I found this the other day and was wondering if it could be coprolite? I think I got that right. May be just a rock. I was hoping someone could fill me in. I look forward to learning a lot. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkinhead Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) Welcome to the forum! Instead of saying that you're ignorant, tell people that you have "extra capacity to learn" instead. That sounds better and it's probably more of an reflection on what you really are in terms of fossil collecting as well. That doesn't strike me as being a coprolites- it's just a cool rock. In fact, that's one of the coolest rocks I've seen in a while. Nice find! Edited August 3, 2014 by Pumpkinhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 That is a neat rock. I would keep that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 To help figure out what it is try testing it for hardness, see if it scratches glass or a penny. Also see if a knife blade can scratch it. If you know where it was found, in an outcrop, gravel or a field. Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members fossilbryan Posted August 3, 2014 Author New Members Share Posted August 3, 2014 Hello and thanks the speedy replies! Extra capacity to learn, I like that! I kind of figured it might just be a rock. I run across all sorts of things while hunting fields. Some man made, some not of course Thanks again for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members fossilbryan Posted August 3, 2014 Author New Members Share Posted August 3, 2014 Hello Howard, I just tried your tests. It does scratch glass and a penny. However, the knife doesn't seem to do a thing to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members fossilbryan Posted August 3, 2014 Author New Members Share Posted August 3, 2014 Forgot to mention I found it in a plowed field that runs along a stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Looks like a chunk of pyrite. If you scratch it on a white tile it should leave a orange streak. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Looks like a chunk of pyrite. If you scratch it on a white tile it should leave a orange streak. Pyrite streaks black, I think. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Welcome! It does look like a pyrite nodule. No coprolite here. I would love to see some of your bottles and artifacts. Just make sure they're posted in the right sections. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_l Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 If it is pyrite and you have any way to grind it (on the side) it will leave a black residue that stains everything and give off a sulfur smell. The other potential could be slag from an old iron furnace. If it was found in a field it was probably exposed to the environment for a long time. Slag would hold up a lot longer due to the silica content than pyrite would. The have enough different properties to determine which it could be. Howard_L http://triloman.wix.com/kentucky-fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyT. Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Howard, I was thinking clinker, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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