Dave Bowen Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Found these on a roof in Mississippi. Some nice agate samples along with some crinoid stems and a possible leaf or plant of some kind. Most of the rock is flint/chert. Dave Bowen Collin County, Texas. Paleontology: The next best thing to time travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 the last pic is a fenestrate bryozoan. Neat finds on a roof top no less! Its amazing where one can find fossils..I found some nice pet wood in river rock used for decoration around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Pretty cool! That's a site you just don't see covered in any of the guides... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Those agates are gorgeous, I don't think they came from anything local... If you believe everything you read, perhaps it's time for you to stop reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Those agates can be found in streams west of Jackson, Mississippi. I found several last year when I took a trip out there to hunt for Eocene fossils. Here are two of the pieces that I found. The patterns were interesting so I polished them up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bowen Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 Those agates can be found in streams west of Jackson, Mississippi. I found several last year when I took a trip out there to hunt for Eocene fossils. Here are two of the pieces that I found. The patterns were interesting so I polished them up a bit. That's interesting. The roof I was on was just south of Jackson in Brookhaven MS. They look very similar in color and pattern also. That's probably the source. Thanks for the info Ron! Dave Bowen Collin County, Texas. Paleontology: The next best thing to time travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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