New Members allison Posted April 30, 2009 New Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 I was wondering if someone could tell me what this was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 It looks like crinoid stems, but you know what,I bet if you give it a polish it would make a great gemstone paperweight. It looks like some hard stuff but good color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 JP is correct. And it is a really nice display of their cross sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 i like it. welcome to the forum. the rock looks like it has been water-worn quite a bit, and was therefore probably not found exactly where it originated. but you have some very old fossils there, and it's a neat specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members allison Posted April 30, 2009 Author New Members Share Posted April 30, 2009 It was found in Mad river in north west Ohio. The pic. on the right looks like there two different star patterns is it two different fossils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Ditto to what jp said. That rock may turn out super nice if you polish it. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 It was found in Mad river in north west Ohio. The pic. on the right looks like there two different star patterns is it two different fossils? Yes, you have more than one species of crinoid represented there. What you are seeing are the cross sections of the "stems" or "stalks" of crinoids. Just in case you don't know it, crinoids are animals that lived, and still live, in the oceans. They have, at least most do, long stalks with the main body part on top. You can Google it to see pictures of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Welcome to the forum, thanks for sharing, nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 You can Google it to see pictures of them. ... or you can use the search function at the top right. There have been lots of nice crinoids uploaded to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 That's a super cool find. I would love to see it polished. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 How would you Polish that? Rub it with some golabki and sauerkraut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 How would you Polish that? Rub it with some golabki and sauerkraut? Try this This ain't Kansas Toto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members allison Posted May 1, 2009 Author New Members Share Posted May 1, 2009 How would or does one polish these things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 ^^ROCK TUMBLER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Certainly an interesting specimen. I would have picked it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_femme Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 How would or does one polish these things? sometimes you can find someone locally that will do it for you... check any rock or gem shops. if you run some water over this specimen to see what it looks like when it's wet, that will give you an approximation of how it will look polished. because the white fossils are in a very dark matrix, it should provide a very nice contrast! "don’t you lock up something that you wanted to see fly..." chris cornell / soundgarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh-Man Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I was wondering if someone could tell me what this was. That's a cool looking little rock. I'd go back to the spot you found it and find some more. If they take a polish that would be really cool. What is geology? "Rocks for Jocks!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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