'>>2680676
This looks cool, will post when I'm back home, I've got a few nice pieces. What are some of your best finds OP? Love the one you posted';

'>>2680719
I'd say that this is my largest "complete" I also have this smaller Placenticeras ammonite that's about 5 1/2 inches in diameter from the same sight. I also have plenty of shark's teeth in my collection as well. Upper Britton Formation, Eagle Ford Group, Denton Co. Texas';

'>>2680676
Private collection of fossils is illegal and you have been reported to the department of Indiana Jones for further proper investigation.';

'>>2680676
Any good tips for a beginner? Tools to have, guidebooks, regions to explore, etc.';

'>>2680839
Check the geology of your local river valleys, go for a float down a river and keep an eye out for the banks. Pull over when you see erosion, usually on the outside corners. Claim to be taking a lunch break if the Park Rangers show up. That's how the ammonite poachers do it around here.';

'>>2680676
Any cool stories OP? Crazy things you've seen/encountered while hunting for fossils?';

'>>2681211
The only "crazy story" I have is that I have run up on homeless encampments in a creek bed once.
>>2680849
>>2680839
Absolutely this, look up your county geologic map and cross reference it with that of satellite maps, this tends to work the best for me and is how I've been able to find all my spots. Look for sedimentary rock or alluvial deposits as that is where you can possibly find fossils. Alluvial deposits can be a hit or miss but here in DFW with the Trinity River it allows me to find stuff from the late Ice Age like Chamel teeth. The best kind of sedimentary rock to find fossils in are limestone, chalk, and shale. It's possible to find some fossils in sandstone as well but where I am located this is not the case. the partial map provided is a good example of where I hunt, the blue (Kef) is where my ammonites are found and the boundary of the green (Kau) and blue (Kef) are where I find my sharks teeth. The pink, yellow, and orange are all the way from modern to Pleistocene (Ice Age) deposits. I hope this helps you a lot anon - Fossil Anon';

'>>2681705
mfw they haven't added my area yet';

'>>2681799
well that's unfortunate. Hears to it being done soon.
Here is a Baculite sp. from the same sight in the Britton formation Eagle Ford Group, Denton Co. Texas';

'>>2682593
Ops forgot pic somehow. -fossil anon';

'>>2680676
Snagged this for 3.25 at a flea market, practically brand new. Gorgeous prints in it, very pleased to have found it.';

'>>2683352
Nice find anon, I'm always on the hund for interesting /lit/ regarding geology and paleontology.

Here Is an intact gastropod found at the same sight as the rest of these finds. unknown gastropod sp. Brittin formation Denton Co. Texas- Fossil Anon';

'>>2680676
Where I live I only get bad ammonites, but plenty, I like this thread, you got any more stuff to post?';

'>>2683808
What do you mean "bad, ammonites? I'd love to see any you've found.

For bump post here is another smaller ammonite of the Metoiceras type about an inch in diameter from the same sight, Upper Britton formation, Eagle Ford Group, Denton Co. Texas - fossil anon';

'Going to Florida soon for shark teeth, any recommendations besides the obvious beaches?';

'>>2684587
beautiful fossil';

'>>2680676
i like the concept. you could expand to more topics like minerals, rocks and metal detecting. i rarely go rock/mineral searching so i wouldn't post much but i'll keep the thread bumped :^)';

'>>2685473
Yes absolutely! anything found by a metal detector is an artifact. We would love to see what you've found.
>>2685325
Thank you
>>2685323
not from Florida but the limestone creeks might hold some good stuff if you don't mind getting wet.
Here are some camel teeth I have found here in the Dallas area in Texas these guys died off 13k years ago and were the last native camels in north America.- Fossil Anon';

'>>2686016
>North American Camel were killed off 13k years ago
You just blew my fucking mind.

I just heard something about Horses going extinct in north america because they were eaten by the northern native tribes...I think it was Bill Mollison giving a talk on North American trees that evolved with horses like Mesquite and then the horses died and made their way back again by way of Spain.';

'>>2686023
yup, this kind of stuff is just cool.

Here is a small Placenticeras sp. from the lower Britton Formation of the Eagle Ford Group, Denton Co. Texas- Fossil Anon';

'Welp 2023 is done for so I thought Id post my best finds from the year. Our erosional weather was quite poor this year, and I spent a lot more time looking for artifacts than fossils. Honestly, it doesnt even come close to the stuff I found in 2022. Heres hoping this year will be a return to that.';

'you guys don’t actually take things from natural environments and make it harder for other people to have the experience of seeing these things right?';

'>>2687514
do you have the slightest idea how big a geological formation is?';

'>>2687514
Im gonna cut you some slack because youre not an outdoorsman and you dont know how delicate a lot of this stuff is. Picrel is the above average condition for most of the dinosaur material I find. The freeze thaw cycle causes these things to break into a million pieces in a couple years. By the next time another person comes by, it is long gone.';

'>>2687514
>>2687576
And this is the result after reassembling it and consolidating';

'>>2685323
You can find them near springs too. I’ve gone a couple of times and seen other people find megalodon teeth. You’ll also find a lot of arrowheads';

'>>2687506
>>2687576
>>2687577
Glad to see you back anon, we didn't have a lot of rain this past summer ether down here in Texas, but we've been getting a good bit here recently.
>>2687514
naturally not every fossil is one can bring home, but if it wasn't for privet collectors and hunters the amount if fossils lost to time and that will be never described by science would be immeasurable, Infact the vast majority of find of large caliber come form hobbyists and people that don't know much about the underling geology they come from and as >>2687520 said geologic formations and groups are very large and those that do have fossils typically have a large abundance of them, also for America along as you're not on federal/public land you can take as many no vert fossils as you can carry and vert fossils along as its on privet land or if you have a permit also on fed land. Pic related is a geologic atlas of the state of Texas where I live, and a unit of the ku1 of the map (Eagle Ford) is where I look for and find my fossils in. I hope this helps you. -Fossil Anon';

'Anybody else see this? The BBC made a doc about the massive pliosaur skull that was found by an amateur recently, and his name wasnt mentioned at all, only buried in the end credits. This is the kind of thing that damages relations between amateurs and professionals.';

'>>2688702
I did, and it's sad as they are the ones who found it in the first palce a deserve that credit.
I have some great news, I've found mt first mosasaur tooth possibly belonging to the mosasaur Plioplatcarpine thanks to a helpful Id from a friend of mine. This tooth was found in the layer of rock at the Eagle Ford-Austin Chak boundary known as ether the Fish bed conglomerate or the bells sandstone and is actually a layer of rock that I am righting a paper on to help shine a light on this very overlooked layer of rock. This find was made in far east Denton Co. Texas';

'>>2688702
Considering they raceswapped issac neuton nothing they do surprises me';

'This thread has giving me the urge to try fossil hunting this summer, thanks anon. Going to plan a roadtrip to the badlands';

'Keep on keeping on OP, great thread, lots of cool stuff';

'This seems like the best place to post this. I found this interesting rock while out rock/geode hunting in the Cascade mountains last summer. Found it in a small creek. The green color was what initially caught my attention. While it was underwater, and the way the sunlight was hitting it made it look much more vibrant. It's very slightly magnetic on the rusty brown areas. Those are a couple very strong little neodymium magnets that just barely manage to hold on. Anybody with more geology knowledge than me have any info or insight?';

'>>2680676
Hey fossilanon, this massive rock that I always walk by just split open. Reckon there’s anything cool inside?';

'>>2690662';

'>>2690199
not too sure anon, could you give any more detail on the name of the stream or where in the cascades you found it as I could better determine what rock it came from
>>2690662
>>2690664
potently, though it looks like a mix of conglomerate and sandstone. you could find jaspers or chert but other than that I'm not too sure on the rocks age or potential for any fossils.
last night I spent a few hours prepping out this ammonite, it still needs a good bit of work but its looking good so far, Britton Formation of the Eagle Ford Group, Denton Co. Texas - Fossil Anon';

'>>2691467
>more detail on the name of the stream or where in the cascades
It was just a random little creek in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest North of Carson, Washington. I can't remember the exact spot.';

'>>2691467
>Eagle Ford Group, Denton Co. Texas
are your fossils encased in hard rock, or in a more of a clay/dirt/loose matrix?';

'>>2691470
I can't give an Id, but it most likely comes from an Andesite given the area you found it in.
>>2691523
The Eagle Ford is a shale (mud stone) and within the shale limestone nodules can rom, around fossils but they can also be found "free floating" in the shale, most of my shark's teeth come from the Eagle Ford-Austion Chalk transition zone that has a mix of shale limestone sandstone and conglomerate marital. Are you form the Dallas Fort Worth area, and have you found anything, feel free to post it and I might be able to help. pic related are the different zones of the Eagle Ford.';

'>>2691467
Does sandstone mean it’s not old enough?';

'>>2691895
i'm not from anywhere near America, i was just looking at this >>2681705 and scouting the area on Google Earth to find rocky outcrops, just as a game.
the area in the pic is very flat and is not dissected by very deep rivers, there don't seem to be huge rocky outcrops. In particular, the border between Kau and Kef is very flat and the deepest incision i've found is along the Panther Creek (maybe it's one of your locations?). tell me if by any chance pic related looks good to you, just for the fun and exercise of searching
in my experience if a creek doesn't dissect very deep it's just exposing clay and dirt, not actual rock, hence my question';

'>>2691901
sandstone means it's made of sand-sized sediments, so it's usually not where fossils are. (typical fossil rocks are marine sediments, limestones, marls, all fine-grained rocks)';

'>>2691938
Interesting';

'>>2680676
bumping rare quality thread';

'>>2693307
thanks for the bump anon
>>2691937
I've checked this creek, and it does have an outcrop of the, the white bank is an indicator of the chalk up stream though that is not the creek I look for the boundary zone in but you're not far I'd say it's a few miles away. If your cheek looking you might find it lol. another thing is that sat images don't do justice to cuts done by streams, creeks, and rivers Thake this description from an excerpt of a paper describing exposures of Kef in the Dallas area, if you are able to find it I'll show you a pic of how steep the cut is compared to the sat pic. "Locality no. 16.-The Britton formation is exposed on the south bank of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River at the point where the railroad north out of Irving, Texas, crosses the river. The Dallas-Rhome highway crosses a short distance above this point. This locality was the site, of Horton's Mill where most of Hyatt's species were collected." note the "Dallas-Rhome" highway is now known as 114 and will be labeled so in maps as this paper was published in 1942. as you asked if you know the rough topography and general depth of bedrock the method of finding locations is great and is what I mainly use to find locations outside of scientific papers.
pic related is a rock lobster fossil, possibly Linuparus Grimmari, Eagle Ford group, Denon Co. Texas - Fossil Anon';

'Any geology nerds here? Can you explain what events transpired for this shape to take form? I was always bad at the 3d renderings of superpositions. Found in Gold Country CA';

'>>2680676
Wow all the pictures in this thread totally look like things that exist and are real things from way long ago.';

'>>2687506
Those are literally just rocks.';

'>>2687576
>dinosaur
kek
Don't get me wrong. That would be consistent with them living with humans.';

'I heckin trolled the thread mom!';

'>>2694278
Which post was yours?';

'>>2690199
Some jades are mildly magnetic due to high iron content and Washington is known for jade. The brown looks more like a separate iron mineral inclusion though so hard to tell.
Could just be chalcedony for all I know.

>>2691938
Lousy for marine fossils but it's a typical rock for dino fossils out west.
Trace fossils like skolithos are about the only marine fossils in sandstone I'm familiar with and have a couple examples of.

>>2693752
Crack in pet wood infilled with chalcedony?';

'>>2694261
>>2694265
>>2694266
>>2694278
>>2694282
thanks for the free bumps
>>2693752
not sure could be calcite given the color with s darker vein of darker calcite filling a former crack in the rock. but it could also be quartz with a dark calcite vain in it as well.

Here is one of my most recent finds, an Encodus palatine bone, most likely the dermopalatine bone of the upper jaw of the fish, Eagle Ford Austin Chalk contact zone, Denton Co. Texas - Fossil Anon';

'>>2695783
self bump, here are some small baculites and ammonies I have found, smallest I have found to date. Eagle Ford group, Britton Formation, Denton Co. Texas - Fossil Anon';

'>>2697021
Another bump with some oysters from the upper Eagle Ford, Denton Co. Texas- Fossil Anon';

'I use paraloid b-72 premix with acetone, but I have always wondered if this is considered good practice, to put this all over my fossils I get, and especially when glueing broken fossils together';

'>>2698307
I use this all the time to reinforce fossils as a professional fossil preparator, but I dont like coating the outside of my own collection items, because it can make fossils look tacky and fake.

So yeah put it inside your fossils,but the outside depends on your personal opinion.';

'>>2698307
>>2698634
Oh and glueing pieces together is mostly done using a cyanoacrylate over here, never with B-72';

'Do petroglyphs count as artifacts? Ill have to go looking for them again when the weather warms up.';

'Ayo, what animal is this from?';

'>>2699004
Modern bison metatarsal';

'>>2699202
Thanks famalam';

'>>2699202
why bison and not cow? I'm looking at https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/22234-bison-versus-cow-metatarsal-morphology/ but it's unclear for me with this picture';

'>>2699678
or am I just overthinking this since there were no cows back in the day since this looks fossilized';

'>>2681705
the Trinity River has a lot of good finds, I've found a lot of luck in small park creeks around DFW. ty for the map, I'll try this method for searching';

'bump!';

'>>2698307
that does plenty good anon, and >>2698636 , B-72 to my knowledge is CA glue, I've used extra thin in the field and on some of my sharks' teeth as it acts quick, 3-5 seconds, and I thin out BSI's purple bottle for brush on application.
>>2698769
absolutely anon, I, and I'm sure the others here, would love to see them!
>>2699004
as anon >>2699202 said it is most likely bison so probably 150+ years old depending on your part of the country, assuming you're in the us.
>>2699947
no problem anon, what part of dfw are you in? also this is the web page I use that hosts this map https://northtexasfossils.com/maps.htm
>>2701314
thanks for the bump anon

I've been quite caught up in schoolwork to post but I'm glad the thread didn't die whole I was gone. I've also been scouting out ne spots that expose the layer of rock that I get all my sharks' teeth from with some amount of success I've also found a few more Mosasaur teeth in this matrix that has me excited as these are some of the earliest known types of Mosasaur! Eagle Ford-Austin chalk contact zone, Denton Co. Texas - Fossil Anon';

'>>2690199
Not to burst your bubble, but it might be slag.';

'>>2691467
I have piles of these ammonite fragments along with a few complete ones. One of which is close to 2’ across. All of my complete ones are partially imbedded in what appears to be limestone. Is it fairly simple to remove the limestone from the fossil itself? I had researched a method involving acid, but nope’d out as they claimed leaving it on too long could damage the fossil. No pix, at work at the moment. I will try to get some when I get home in a few weeks. Found them all on a hunting lease in Iraan Tx. I also have buckets of broken points/tools as well as a case of complete arrowheads all found in south and west Texas. I also found individual bullets, shells and links from a .50cal that I was able to reconstruct around Laredo which use to be a WW2 training area. Its hard to deer/bird hunt when Im always looking at the ground.';

'>>2701948
B-72 isnt a cyanoacrylate(CA) because those arent reversible(easily anyway). B-72 is easily reversible by just adding more acetone, but isnt as strong as "CA-glue"';

'>>2702003
Slag can be cool looking. I've got a piece of slag that's filled with little dots of green mica I've had since I was a kid that I always pretended was adamantite ore.';

'Sea urchins are cool. Found in central texas';

'>>2703343';

'>>2703344';

'>>2703345';

'>been outside many times
>still never found a stone age tool
Maybe one day I will see somthing.
Statistically I've probably walked over hundreds.';

'Hopefully we get some decent weather in March so the snow melts and I can make some contributions to the thread.';

'found out that these gray-bluish clays in the Northern Apennines are extremely rich in fossils, not only shells but full whales were found here. next time i'm in the area i'll definitely search it. Type locality of the Piacenzian geologic stage, about 3/5 million years ago';

'>>2702038
Giving the type of limestone they are in you could use dental tools you can get at hobby lobby for like $10 and slowly remove the matrix around them, and I’m sure we’d all like to see what you have found
>>2703343
Nice echnoid fossils >>2703344
looks like worm tubes,>>2703345
Mollusk/clam fossil,>>2703346
I’m not sure what this might be do you have a better pic?
>>2703697
Giant wait to see what you find next Canada anon I always look forward to your posts.
>>2705529
Here’s to you finding some awesome stuff anon!
>>2701948
Im phone posting for this post so please bare with any grammatical errors, I went hunting at a new locatin I found for the Eagle Ford- Austin chalk/ Turonian-Concainian contact zone north of me and was able to find a quite a rare Pliosaur tooth by this time there were very few pliosaur species left in the world and this tooth is one of the few glimpses we can see of them from this time. Eagle Ford-Austin chalk contact zone, Collin Co. Texas - Fossil Anon';

'>>2687506
where the heck do you even find them!? they're great! i assume native american?';

'Lava with plant imprint.';

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'>>2707229
Sorry bout the fuckin huge file. I found this a few weeks ago, I'll take any ideas about what it is. AMA.';

'Another pic:';

'>>2707232
weird stuff. looks like some minerals fell off of it';

'>>2708328
I'm pretty sure it's lava because we have so much of it here. Some people think this is a second generation imprint of Lepidodendrales, a Late Carboniferous plant. So, the plant was covered in clay or silt, eventually fossilized, then exposed, then covered in lava. Personally, I think a large ocotillo cactus fell into a shallow puddle of lava. This would've happened in the last couple thousand years judging by how little weathering there is on the rock. I found it about 3km/1.5 miles from my house.';

'>>2706899';

'>>2706899';

'>>2709538
>>2709539
Those are some recent finds. Ill have to take a pic of my shadow box when I get home.';

'9';

'>>2687362
that's literally nothing lol';

'>>2703697
put those back where you found them faggot';

'>>2680676
uh am i doin this right
>>>an/4755082

if not:
>>>/an/4755082';

'9';

'>>2707229
>>2707232
looks like Devonian log piece to me but I could be wrong would be the part that connects the base of the fern to its roots if I remember correctly.
>>2709539
>>2709538
Awesome point finds anon, you're the same anon from south Texas.
>>2710998
>>2712993
Thanks for the bumps anon/s
>>2711428
Interesting though a bit blurry
>>2706899
I'm back again after too long of a "brake" College and work is a bitch. Though I have been reading lots of papers from Jstor regarding local paleontology and geology, also found another Mosasaur tooth belonging to a russelosaran type mosasaur. Eagle Ford Austin Chalk Contact zone, Denton Co. Texas ~89.7mya - Fossil Anon';

'>>2693748
is it the Stewart creek';

'>>2694266
You guys still believe in dinosaurs?';

'Are any of you guys interested in archaeology?
>t. Archaeologist';

'>>2686016
those are just horse teeth sorry buddy';

'i feel obliged to bump this thread because my general is dead so i'm more sympathetic towards other slow generals

also any geologists gonna watch this eclipse? forecast not looking good for DFW niggers, if i was in the area i would drive up to about Poplar Bluff MO';

'nice rock collections, fags';

'Could someone more knowledegable on the subject enlighten me on what this fossil may be? Thank you!';

'>>2714880
Yes, same one from sotx. I was able to get pictures of the fossils at my parents house. Will post them later along with my complete point collection. Just need to get them to my computer, hate messing with the captcha on my phone.';

'>>2718486';

'undefined';

'better points';

'big fossil';

'We have tons of these that are broken. Theres quite a few that are unbroken. Some are palm sized all the way up to 2' across. Sucked dick dragging those things down from the top layers of the mesas out west. In the shadow box there are random other fossils that were either from out there or just random surface finds down in stx along with some of the fossilized coral found along the beach.';

'>>2717593
It looks like either a funny-looking brachiopod ora crab carapace.
How big is it?
Poasting the fragment of a mammal femur (?) I found in pretty spectacular condition in a stream bank. Probably about 10,000 years old but I don't know what the sedimentation rate around here is.';

'>>2718533
about the size of a quarter, found in an area known for being submerged millions of years ago';

'7';

'Wow some awesome finds especially the mosasaur teeth

Here's some petrified wood I found recently, southern new Zealand, had to dig it out of an easturary, being closely watched by sea lions';

'Some of my rock collection I've found. Marine mammal and reptile (plesiosaur I believe) bones, crabs, various shells, petrified wood, some leaves, agates and other various things. All from new zealand';

'>>2720863';

'>>2715430
you got it right anon
>>2715549
absolutely anon, that's the "Artifacts" comes into /afg/
>>2717206
thanks for the bump, it ended up being super nice here in Dallas as I'm sure you've might have seen.
>>2717472
thanks, your mom said the same thing when she came over the other day to look at my rock.
>>2717593
Looks like a crab to me, where was it found if you don't mind answering.
>>2718492
>>2718496
>>2718495
>>2718498
>>2718501
awesome finds anon, looks like you're in older rock than mine, something like the Fort Worth formation in age maybe.
>>2718533
I would assume that this is a bank of a creek or river, as you concluded it can be hard to tell the rate of deposition in river banks.
>>2720661
thanks for the bump.
>>2720862
Thanks, that's a nice chunk of petrified wood anon, I know that there are some nice deposits of Miocene and Creations rock on the coasts in NZ, mostly because of a youtuber from there that seems to find a lot of crabs that he preps out of the concretions. Any idea on the rough age of it?
>>2720863
>>2720866
Nice stuff any close ups on the bones and crabs anon?
>>2714880
Here is a scapanorhychus raphiodon still in the matrix, Eagle Ford-Austin Chalk contact zone, Denton Co. Texas - Fossil Anon';

'>>2721030
shid, forgot a pic';

'>>2709539
looks like a gun to me, most likely holocene';

'>>2721030
>Looks like a crab to me, where was it found if you don't mind answering.
balkans, east eu';

'>>2721030
>ice stuff any close ups on the bones and crabs anon?

Yep I'll post some. Here's a partial set of cetacean ribs. It's either a small whale or a dolphin. From miocene era.';

'>>2721357
This is a paddle bone from a marine lizard (some kind of plesiosaur I think). Cretaceous era.';

'>>2721360
Big ass plesiosaur vertebra. From same location, slightly worn by being tumbled by the sea. One of my favourite fossils I found.';

'>>2721363
One of my crab fossils. I like this one because it's a cross section. This is miocene.';

'>>2721364
Another crab (youre looking at the carapice). I need to learn how to prep fossils I'll expose him more.';

'>>2721365
Kind of hard to see but it's a set of cetacean vertebrae. Miocene.';

'>>2721368
Various cretaceous fossils. Belemnites, wood, bits of bone etc';

'>>2721369
Normally don't care about shell fossils but I found this one and thought it was cool';

'>>2721371
Last pic, a little leaf fossil';

'>>2703345
Is that a steinkern? I love those';

'Why is this board so slow?';

'>>2709539
>BX-15 and a 3-9x40 VX Freedom in Leupold rings
Based setup. Silenced?
t. unpaid Leupold shill';

'>>2722198
Trust me, you don't want it faster. I remember when it got faster during covid. It turned to shit. People took allllllll the fucking bait. It fucked the "board culture" or whatever you want to call it with all the tourists and trolls outnumbering the actual users. It's slow, sure, but you don't want to have it faster with more retards. It just buttfucks the usefulness and frankly how nice it is here. More people and faster is not always better.';

'>>2722198
the number of people interest in something is inversely proportional to the iq it requires';

'>>2722207
Yea, silencerco spectre II';

'Found many trilobite bodyparts but never a complete one sadly.';

'>>2721357
>>2721360
>>2721363
>>2721364
>>2721365
>>2721368
>>2721369
>>2721371
>>2721372
You have quite the collection of fossils anon, keep up the great work. Prepping fossils isn't too hard lots of work though, this is that fellow kiwi I was taking about in my post showing how it's done https://youtu.be/5_KqO3L7cKE?si=kRSx_DA1UpHXtRCc
>>2722198
like >>2722210 said, you don't. This kind of /out/ hobby takes a fair bit of time, form finding to preparing them. That and I don't need to worry too much if this gen will die or not if I need to take a break for college/ life.
also>>2722217 has a point, there are a lot less people that enjoy this kind of topic even on a board like /out/
>>2722755
still better than no fossils anon, also where are you posting/collecting from if you don't mind?
>>2721031
Went out into some "older" rock in the mid to lower Britton Fm. of the Eagle Ford Group today and found 13 crabs/decapods not suer on the species though. Britton Fm. Denton Co. Texas - Fossil Anon';

'>>2703344
Used to find large amounts of something very similar to that as a child in the Alps and pre-Alps.
>>2706899
So the above is the fossil of some kind of sea urchin? Curious if you have more info.';

'>>2724108
Worm tubes, figured >>2706899 you had them swapped.';

'>>2707232
I found something kinda similar to this, but different scale. I'll post a pic when I get home, if I remember.';

'Sorry for the foggy phone post. I mean foggy. Fagget. Sheeit.';

'>>2723995
Sweet do you ever find whole crabs like with the legs attached?';

'>>2724371
What is it?';

'>>2724371
It's sandstone/quartzite? Then most likely that's Skolithos.';

'>>2723995
>still better than no fossils anon, also where are you posting/collecting from if you don't mind?
Collecting in and around the Bohemian Karst because I live in Czechia. Nice crabs btw.';

'>>2724371
Beach find perchance? Looks suspiciously like a waterworn piece off a ceramic strainer or pierced vessel.';

'>>2724456
I don't know. I posted it because it looked similar to the one above.
>>2724794
Feels/looks like sandstone. I'll look into that, thanks.
>>2724964
No, a river... a river that has a lot of pottery, bricks and old, dumped stuff. Central Scotland. I found this thing along with other bits of pottery I would post but idk if it's really the spirit of the thread.';

'>>2724964
honestly you could be right about ceramic strainer... I also found parts of vessels and plates and such so it's not completely out of place.
the holes are quite regular, though kind of scattered, as if a kid made it, kinda messy. they all have a slight angle inside of them if you look through the holes, about 30 degrees slant in the same direction... may suggest handmade.';

'Need help identifying a rock if anyone is up for it. I would say it's some kind of granite but the feldspar(?) is a pale green color. Any ideas?';

'>>2725203
looks like a pegmatite';

'Gf brought me picrel from the Sahara. I thought it was extremely cute but I have no idea what to do with it. I might want to use it for jewelry, but do I clean it up somehow or leave it as is?';

'>>2725228
Im concerned about the mineral composition, not the grain size';

'>>2725249
hard to tell without informations about local geology. does the area have a geological map? the black mineral looks like biotite and the white some feldspar, but that's pretty standard. if that rock is documented in literature you will have better informations';

'>>2725267
That's the thing. The feldspar isn't white, it's a pale greenish color. I have other examples of rocks with white plag feldspar and this one is different. I don't think it's discoloration because the green is pretty uniform.';

'>>2725277
it's very easy for feldspar to have different colors due to impurities, for example Amazonite is a famous green feldspar';

'>>2725303
It could be amazonite. Its such a pale green though that it hardly even shows on camera so im not sure. Are there any other green feldspars?';

'>>2725306
there's plenty of minerals in the feldspar group https://www.mindat.org/gm/1624

there isn't a clear boundary between different varieties thou, because impurities can be present in any composition and kind, so your extremely pale green could be caused by one thousandth of the rubidium (example) quantity that is usually responsible for the green color of amazonite. that doesn't qualify your stone as amazonite
imho your stone could be just regular anorthite, again i suggest (You) to see if the geological formation that rock belongs to has been described in literature';

'>>2725308
Its an isolated rock i have no idea where it came from unfortunately.';

'Agates I found recently. New Zealand.';

'Northern California anon here, any good spots where I live to find fossils or artifacts?';

'Found this nice garnet in a hunk of schist (might be phyllite I'm not sure)';

'>>2725890
could as well me a micaschist';

'>>2725277
>>2725303
>>2725890
All this green rock posting makes me want to grab my green rocks and see what they are. I have one that's black/green striped I just re-found I want to look up.';

'>>2726158
Post it anon. Show it to me... your rock...';