Miocene_Mason Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: breccio-conglomerate Big word! Why can’t the rock are just choose whether it wants to be breccia or a conglomerate 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Just now, WhodamanHD said: Big word! Why can’t the rock are just choose whether it wants to be breccia or a conglomerate Like me, they often get confused. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Those look like sandstone concretions covered with calcium carbonate or calcium sulphate in my opinion. 2 " 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 52 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Like me, they often get confused. And me apparently (I’ll blame it on spell checker) “...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...
Malone Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thank you all for your responses! Any thoughts on the apparent claw or talon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Claws are made of keratin and is very rarely found fossilized. If it looks like a claw chances are that it is a bone fragment. 1 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...
Malone Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 4 hours ago, ynot said: Claws are made of keratin and is very rarely found fossilized. If it looks like a claw chances are that it is a bone fragment. Thank you! I am looking into a pen microscope that hooks up to the phone. I might pick at a little try to expose it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 On 2/20/2018 at 10:18 AM, Malone said: Take a look at THIS thread. If your specimen could be something similar. I don't know if yours is a burrow with backfilled material containing bone fragments or just matrix with microfossils. What ever it is, it does look like it contains bone fragments. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 3 hours ago, GeschWhat said: Take a look at THIS thread. If your specimen could be something similar. I don't know if yours is a burrow with backfilled material containing bone fragments or just matrix with microfossils. What ever it is, it does look like it contains bone fragments. Thank you! That thread looks very similar! I have a microscope somewhere. I'll investigate. Do have any suggestions on what to look for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 8 hours ago, Malone said: Do have any suggestions on what to look for? Just bony bits. You could find little coprolite pellets as well. Those would have a texture that looks kind of like hard cheese when fractured. Forgive the analogy, it is the only thing I could think of. 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 I found an interesting item in the conglomerate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 On 2/7/2018 at 5:54 PM, GeschWhat said: I agree with water worn rock - maybe flint/chert. It could be pretty if polished up! Any experiences with bezoars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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