huskeriowa Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 Hi all, I have no idea what this is. This item was in a box of some of my Grandfathers possessions. His life spanned eighty years so he had plenty of time to pick it up. He was an engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad and his route ran from the central Nebraska sand hills to Cheyenne Wyoming. I am guessing it is likely that he picked it up somewhere along that run but I have no way of knowing for sure. It feels like limestone and looks like a knot. I assume its a fossil but it doesn't look like anything I can find. Any guidance would be appreciated, Thank you.
Al Dente Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 It looks like a barite rose- https://www.google.com/search?q=barite+rose&biw=1280&bih=899&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI6sjQ9oTgxgIVUfKACh0C9wEp A lot of these come from Oklahoma.
abyssunder Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 I agree with Al Dente.It`s a beautiful specimen.Barit is the mineral that forms this kind of desert roses,which are red colored due to the red sandstone they are formed in. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library
Herb Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 nice barite rose! "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks
Harry Pristis Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 For comparison: http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest
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