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Offline Slackbunny

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Is this a fossil?
« on: June 06, 2015, 04:07:59 pm »
I found this in a riverbed while out fishing and hiking this morning. It caught  my eye but I wasn't sure what to think of it.



What do you guys think? I've never found a fossil before and only ever seen them in museums and on TV. Do you think its a fossil or is it just some sort of interesting fracture or erosion pattern? I think it looks like a fern or a tree twig. I searched around for more, but didn't see anything else.
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Offline HEO

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Re: Is this a fossil?
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2015, 05:43:11 pm »
It looks like a fossil. In comparison, this fossil is a squid Shell(nautiloids), 460 million years old.
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Offline aaron

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Re: Is this a fossil?
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2015, 05:44:26 pm »
does not look like a fossil nor even sedimentary rock to me. It's a "geofact"
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Offline bubby

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Re: Is this a fossil?
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2015, 06:03:56 pm »
Looks more like a fossil than a geofact from what I've read about geofacts but that's a debate all its own
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Offline Slackbunny

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Re: Is this a fossil?
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2015, 07:44:03 pm »
I've never heard of a geofact before. I'll have to look into that.
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Is this a fossil?
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2015, 07:53:52 pm »
Most likely not. But I would check what fossils are common
in your area and in what type material they they are found.
Any library or a google search should work.
Don't stop looking.
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Offline sleek

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Re: Is this a fossil?
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2015, 09:11:13 pm »
Fossil hunting is a blast and quickly becoming a past time for my son and I. We mostly find coral polyp and shells. Still, its fun. River bottoms.are the best natural place to look, rock quarries are often the best otherwise. Considering where you fou d it id be inclined to say its a strong possibility of being a fossil.
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Offline Slackbunny

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Re: Is this a fossil?
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2015, 04:52:26 pm »
The local university has a geology department, and I'm an alumni so I know a few people there. I think I'm going to get in contact with them and see what they say.
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Offline bubby

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« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2015, 06:36:51 pm »
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Offline aaron

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Re: Is this a fossil?
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2015, 09:15:05 pm »
thanks, bubby, I guess its not really a geofact, but I still don't think its a fossil. Hard to see the rock, but it does not look sedimentary.
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