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Post by carolynfamo on Feb 20, 2012 19:30:08 GMT -5
does anyone have any idea what this is? My mom found it this past weekend at a local flea market and it's driving us bonkers trying to figure out the correct name/id. Attachments:
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Post by arappaho on Feb 21, 2012 9:02:32 GMT -5
Dang, I know what that is................but can't remember!  Petrified..........something, Bone? Fern? Hope someone ID's it soon!  Nice Flea! |
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Post by CrossfireBusiness on Feb 25, 2012 2:07:24 GMT -5
what are those funny shapes?hehehe looks like the mollusk family to me ?
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Post by mikeyrocks on Feb 25, 2012 3:35:39 GMT -5
carolyn....OK local flea market? but what part of which state? It helps.
It is not bone, wood, fern, coral or coprolite. How does it feel to the touch? Slick, soapy, not as cold as a piece of quartz? I'm looking past the white pattern to the green colors and type of break in the material. My initial thoughts would be serpentine or opalite. Can you scratch or cut it with a sharp knife point? Does the white pattern seem to be on all the pieces or just that one?
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Post by dan on Feb 25, 2012 11:04:44 GMT -5
Looks a lot like a Baculites specimen. Fossil from the upper Cretaceous. The one I have is from Montana but I have seen a bunch of them from South Dakota. I think that Baculites is a cephalopod but you could google it to find out for sure. Dan
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Post by lauriesrocks on Feb 26, 2012 7:01:35 GMT -5
Dan is correct. Baculites species for sure.
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Post by mikeyrocks on Mar 5, 2012 4:49:56 GMT -5
What a great resource and place this is for learning so many answers to rock, mineral, and fossil questions. Thanks to all.... ^5
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Post by carolynfamo on Mar 6, 2012 19:51:26 GMT -5
wow! you guys are good!! Thank you Dan! My mom found this in a flea market in Marietta, Oh. It had a label on the bottom but no name. We think it was part of someone's collection but the seller didn't know anything about it. I think my mom paid about $7 for it .. we're really excited that someone identified it for us. Thank you again..
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