New Members Treeweasel Posted June 24, 2022 New Members Share Posted June 24, 2022 Hi I need help identifying/confirming some fossils found in Greene county Missouri here are a few. A grub in volcanic glass, a walnut, and a seed beginning to sprout. Could anyone tell me anything about them? I also have some others I need identified. Sorry, I do not have an international ruler. Grub is a half inch long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Interesting rocks but i do not believe that they are fossils 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 I'm seeing pieces of chert and a piece of broken/weathered glass or calcite/quartz. I do not see any kind of grub in the glass. I assume you are talking about this item: This looks like quartz or some other mineral inclusion. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 The worn surface of what looks to be possibly chert does look somewhat convincingly similar to walnut shell but vague similarities does not mean that is what this actually is. The oval rock with a lump on it may remind you of what a seed looks like when it begins to germinate but again that is only a vague similarity and not what these items actually represent. Pareidolia is an interesting phenomenon that allows us to interpret familiar objects from random visual information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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