nosuchlogic Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Found in Newberry,Ca. I have all angles of this photographed, so I can post different angles of it.4in height approx 6 in long.Thank you. The picture on the top please disregard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I see a bit of a mash-up; there is an area of organized pores which could be bryozoan or coral, and the segment-like pattern could be cephalopod. This makes me wonder whether it might not be a weathered chunk of fossiliferous seafloor matrix. "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...
Herb Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Concur with Auspex "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosuchlogic Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 Thank you both for your responses Thanks to the two of you I will run with this information..and my excitement, simply pleased that (I) had found it.It being rare or too common..not important. I was excited when I first found it, and I will retain that excitement. This is so new to me and I have been taking some time to understand some things.Like my neighbor who is a rock club president.He has taught me that rock club members are not that deep into fossils, unless it can be turned into some kind of pretty jewelry and sold for a profit. And therefore their knowledge is limited to the things that interest them in such a manner.(No insults intended)He has also in person shown me what a "leavearightthere" rock is. Sadly this also affected my interest in rocks in general.I used to pick up the ones that caught my eye.But after him showing me that I began second guessing my finds totally throwing in the dirt the excitement and pleasure I had been used to feeling.Well I gave away a lot of my finds until I thought to stop.And now I am happily picking up my interests,again content with my excitement.So now, in time I will be posting an occasional find here and there and will read every response and not ever be disappointed with what I read.Oh, me and my neighbor are still great friends too.Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 It is hard to discourage a strong sense of wonder, else we would all soon conform to someone else's ideas of 'worth'. Keep the faith! "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...
Herb Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I always pick up anything I see that interests me, if it proves to be nothing, you can always put it in your rock garden. And welcome. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 The more I learn, the more I value. Often what we pick up seems like nothing until we understand the history and deeper meaning of "that funny looking rock" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Every rock or fossil has a story, it just needs someone to listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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