stephent
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by stephent on May 6, 2014 11:27:19 GMT -5
Since I am greener then a gourd at figuring out what kind of rocks I have... this is a hard-ish rock.. looks like a fossil of some sort.. maybe? Kinda looks like a Marigold bloom after it dries.. So...what do I have? Is it one of them there Shoulda-Lefterite stones?  Pardon the dirty chewed up by a diamond wheel thumbnail...but it is what it is. |
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Post by 150FromFundy on May 7, 2014 18:05:29 GMT -5
Really looks like a couple of teeth and piece of jaw. A location would help narrow down the guesses.
Darryl.
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stephent
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by stephent on May 8, 2014 9:11:24 GMT -5
I found this in a gravel bar on the Arkansas River around Dardanelle, Ar....just below the dam. Top pic..top of stone/rock/whatever...right side going down slope is full of same things...in other words the whole top..as I am holding it in pic...is covered with these "things". Irregular spacing's..little and big sizes interspersed. It does look organic in origin...but I am just making a SWAG..
It looked interesting enuff to pick up and carry home.
Steve
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garock
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by garock on May 8, 2014 16:00:07 GMT -5
Shoulda-Lefterite ! ! I have tons of the stuff in my back yard. I am slowly moving it to my washed places in the drive way !
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2014 17:11:30 GMT -5
Looks like equisetum fossils. It is often found in grainy rock in AL/MS Stephant. Especially looking at the 2nd photo.
Look at 'horsetail plant fossils' -Yahoo images, and see if you see any similarities. Horsetail fossils in Mid west Alabama
can be 1/4 inch stems to 10 inch diameter stems. Many times are flattened thin and leave a 2 dim impression, may are
3 dim.
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stephent
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by stephent on May 8, 2014 19:22:41 GMT -5
Most of what I can tell without cutting it, the individual "stems parts"/marigold bloom looking are 3 dimensional. I guess I will keep it in one piece..actually have 2 pieces of it. It will be a shelf space occupant I guess.. Thanks for the info everybody.
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