smoovevirgo Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I'm pretty sure this is an egg but we'll see what the forum has to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 We've talked about looking for eggshell material in trying to determine if it's one. Unfortunately I'm not seeing any and just like all the others it's a rock. I'm not an egg expert but not familiar with any looking like a tear drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 My heart sinks a little every time I see "egg" in the title. The chances of a roundish rock being an egg are virtually zero. As others have pointed out, a find also needs to have specific features. The last real egg I saw on here looked like a smashed up mess that I would have ignored had I seen it on the ground. Bottom line: I think it's good to post stuff you find, and it doesn't hurt to do so, but it also wouldn't hurt to spend some time reading up on fossils to learn what to look for. Once you get beyond being a casual collector, you owe it to yourself to dedicate some time to self-improvement. 4 Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 To Craig's point http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/dinosaurdiscovery/a/Have-I-Found-A-Dinosaur-Egg.htm http://www.amnh.org/our-research/paleontology/about-the-division/more/fossil-identification/dinosaur-eggs-fossil-identification/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonsDoc Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I have to agree that its not an egg. Here is a link to a thread that was started not too long ago with some pictures of some dino eggs found in Montana that is not too far from you. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/66986-american-dino-egg-sold/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 My mouth is closed shut. or should I say my fingers? Ha! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I agree with the others "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Not an egg, unfortunately, but I believe a possibly nice looking septarian nodule after polishing it. https://www.google.com/search?q=south+dakota+septarian+nodules&biw=1360&bih=612&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5p6PnnL_OAhXEvRQKHYGeCKgQsAQIGw&dpr=1#tbm=isch&q=septarian+nodulesTry to compare for example with this one from http://www.everythingselectric.com/septarian-nodules-mystery-minerals-in-partitions/ " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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