Lawdinfamous Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I pulled this out of a bed of rocks at the foot of a small waterfall at Chewapa Creek. I am very interested in the age of this stone and its makeup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawdinfamous Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 This is the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 it looks like upper mississippian in age, is it limestone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawdinfamous Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 I believe so. It reacted with vinegar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 There is a lot going on there; I can't help but wonder what it would look like cut? Probably wouldn't take a polish, but it might be interesting nonetheless. "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...
Missourian Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 And yes, it was once part of the sea floor. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 With the crinoid stems, Fenestella, brachiopods, and other bryozoa it definitely appears to be upper mississippian limestone but in Pontotoc Co. the mississipian rocks are 2-3000 (guess) ft deep During the late cretaceous maybe some chunks of eroding mississippian limestones along the mississippi embayment got washed out into Pontotoc Co. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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