rockroller
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Post by rockroller on Apr 2, 2014 17:45:23 GMT -5
Found this guy in a creek bed in North Texas. Almost seems like some or most of the replacement is iron! Lots of decomposed/morphed pyrite in the area. Sure hope I can get someone to identify it someday.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 2, 2014 18:57:39 GMT -5
Looks like a small shoulder or hip bone...Awesome find..Can you get a front and back view on top and bottom too?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2014 19:09:20 GMT -5
Looks like a petrified chicken leg
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owyhee
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Post by owyhee on Apr 2, 2014 19:19:52 GMT -5
My first wife cooked it.
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Apr 2, 2014 21:02:11 GMT -5
Freakn cool! Cheers
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Post by roy on Apr 2, 2014 22:33:31 GMT -5
Looks like a petrified chicken leg lol i was thinking the same thing! grind and polish the end |
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rockroller
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Post by rockroller on Apr 2, 2014 23:34:22 GMT -5
Per your request fossilmanWide end  Narrow end  roy I think it is better left intact than to try and polish an end. When I tap on it, it goes "tink-tink-tink" which is why I think it is loaded with iron. ~Roland |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2014 5:29:23 GMT -5
You could post it on the Fossil Forum. That looks like a mammal bone. Those guys on that forum know mammal skeletal bones well. Many fossils can be replaced by hematite too. such as this one  |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2014 5:34:37 GMT -5
Many S. Texas rivers are similar to Florida rivers and have similar replacements with apatite. But typically are jet black. Ask Dave what kind of chickens he has. If they compare to Texas rabbits then giant chickens are sure possible. I think Dave took a stab at you Roland. I thought you guys were partners.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2014 6:20:02 GMT -5
He can take a joke,I think it's amazing how ive never seen some of this stuff.i think he's got another hounding buddyLOL
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Post by Peruano on Apr 3, 2014 7:43:06 GMT -5
I'd bet against it being a bone. That iron based mineralization formed by following a path (probably gravity driven), and happened to form a folded bone like shape. It looks like no mammal I've ever seen. Just thinking, and as uninformed as anyone else. Tom
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Post by lparker on Apr 3, 2014 8:08:21 GMT -5
Found this guy in a creek bed in North Texas. Almost seems like some or most of the replacement is iron! Lots of decomposed/morphed pyrite in the area. Sure hope I can get someone to identify it someday.
Looks a lot like Rainey Buttes from ND. If wood can get petrified with iron and silica, why not bone? Lee #1 |
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 3, 2014 9:50:58 GMT -5
One way to find out for sure,is to cut one end(shave it) and see if there is cell structure inside.....My opinion,to wide for chicken bone...
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rockroller
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Post by rockroller on Apr 3, 2014 11:03:29 GMT -5
He can take a joke,I think it's amazing how ive never seen some of this stuff.i think he's got another hounding buddyLOL Dave Oh I can take a joke Dave. I'm friends with you after all, now that's a joke!!!  The reason you haven't seen my collection of bad-assery is because I always have to go over to your house, Mr. Dave's Rock Shop! Actually, I found this before we ever started rockhounding together and I just put it away safely until I figured out how to best get it identified. I did think your chicken bone crack and owyhee follow up were well played. Tom ( Peruano) - I too am not educated in Paleontology but I'm going to bet on it being a bone. Handling it and looking at pictures are two different things after all. I may have to shave this guy as suggested if I can't get an educated person to say "Oh yeah, that is definitely a <x>". I did also find several other invertebrate fossils in the same creek. I know it was an active site for life forms and that they are currently being exposed with erosion. I thought when I found this specimen that it was a contemporary bone until I gave it the tap that revealed its fossilized nature. I appreciate all of the input folks!! ~Roland |
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