Spyburn Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Just out fishing with the husband while the kids and I looked for cool rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 That last one looks suspiciously like the horizontal view of a crinoid stem, he rest are kinda hard to tell from the pictures, but the second one looks like a shell of some sort. If you could give the river, or the formation and therefore the age it might be easier to tell. 2 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyburn Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) It's just a ditch. These rocks were mixed in with concrete and rebar, so they were hauled in. So where they actually came from, I have no clue. I know in the ditch, back in 1909 they had found a wooly mamouth. And again in the late 1990's, early 2000's, they found another. Edited May 23, 2017 by Spyburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I agree thst the second pic is a shell imprint and the third is criniod segment. The first pic is to blurry to telk but it look as though I may have a couole fossils on it. Can you try to take a clearer pic of that one? 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Hi Spyburn! Welcome to the forum! I agree that the third specimen contains crinoid material, and I'm thinking that the second picture might be a very worn rugose (horn) coral. As for the first item - I currently have no idea. Monica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyburn Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 the first one (camera isn't that great so I'm not sure if this will help :-/) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 okay, maybe a burrow. (I'd saw worm but rockhounds get angry when you say that unless your certain.) 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 3 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: okay, maybe a burrow. (I'd saw worm but rockhounds get angry when you say that unless your certain.) It would make a fine burrow for a very strait worm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyburn Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 I was reading somewhere it could be spilite (sp?), and maybe not even a fossil. All it seems to look like to me is a stick lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Spyburn said: I was reading somewhere it could be spilite (sp?), and maybe not even a fossil. All it seems to look like to me is a stick lol. Spilite is a basalt, it would be black to grey if that was the case. Also spilite doesn't need sp, as it is not a taxa it is a rock. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Just now, WhodamanHD said: Spilite is a basalt, it would be black to grey if that was the case. Also spilite doesn't need sp, as it is not a taxa it is a rock. I think Spyburn's "sp" was not "species" but "spelling" - as in, he is unsure of the proper spelling of this type of rock 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, Kane said: I think Spyburn's "sp" was not "species" but "spelling" - as in, he is unsure of the proper spelling of this type of rock Oh, sorry. Spilite is the proper spelling of a type of rock, but it is and dark igneous rock, @Spyburn did you mean something else? “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyburn Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 I'm sorry, but by sp I did mean spelling. I didn't think of others using the abbreviation for another word. Sorry! lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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