Becky Benfer Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I collected these because I noticed a shiny silver color was inside them (once broken). But I'm not sure what it is or how to get it out without destroying the pieces. Also found this other rock that has " something" all over it. Any ideas? Thanks for all help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Looks like shale and concretion, not seeing any fossils here. But sometimes these nodules and shale contain fossil, I suggest doing some research on the geology of the place you found them. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I agree, the first picture are concretions - geologic in nature. The second looks like a quartz/quartzite cobble with some pyrite/marcasite coating. Mineral in nature. Keep looking, though. Regards, 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...
Becky Benfer Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 I'm definitely learning! I have a lot of concretions and rocks with staining/veining! Sooner or later I have to find a real fossil, right? Thanks for your help and patience! Here's another try........ wish me luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Could be but not much left to go on there. 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...
sagacious Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 The objects in the first photo are 'pyrite dollars.' The iron pyrite crystals cause the shiny metallic luster seen in the broken ones. Google "cleaning pyrite dollars" for info on how to clean them up and preserve the shine. I find pyrite dollars occasionally in certain shale deposits. They aren't fossils, but sometimes fossils can be found in the same shale deposit. Below is a photo of cleaned pyrite dollars from the web. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 The second picture reveals vugs ( with druse on their inner surface) in a tumbled rock. 1 " 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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