Geo-Ing Crazy
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Post by Geo-Ing Crazy on Mar 21, 2009 21:18:14 GMT -5
First try at using Photobucket - hope it works. Found this rock near Burro Creek. My friend is convinced it is a piece of petrified dinosaur vertebra. I think I am trying to humor her. Thanks for looking!
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88pathoffroad
spending too much on rocks
Oregon ROCKS!
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Post by 88pathoffroad on Mar 21, 2009 21:58:06 GMT -5
Flint nodule?
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Geo-Ing Crazy
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Geo-Ing Crazy on Mar 21, 2009 22:06:11 GMT -5
Thanks! The little rounded pink piece goes all the way through, and she is convinced it is fossilized marrow. I don't see any cell type structure, though, and I didn't know what a flint nodule looks like, so thank you!
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MikeS
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Post by MikeS on Mar 22, 2009 13:19:55 GMT -5
It's chert (flint)
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Geo-Ing Crazy
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Geo-Ing Crazy on Mar 22, 2009 16:45:31 GMT -5
Thanks for the help, I appreciate it!
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Post by cpdad on Mar 24, 2009 21:37:22 GMT -5
just to back them up ;D....its chert....kev.
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dscratch
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Post by dscratch on Mar 25, 2009 23:47:37 GMT -5
I second the chert. "Petrified Dirt".
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MikeS
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Post by MikeS on Mar 26, 2009 23:47:33 GMT -5
you can make some very cool cabs out of chert depending on its color and patterns...I bet that piece would cab out nice....
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rockdude
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Post by rockdude on Mar 27, 2009 5:19:06 GMT -5
OH yeah, it's a good rock, don't throw it away just 'cause it's not a dino bone.
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Post by tandl on Mar 27, 2009 9:14:21 GMT -5
Yeah , Chert is a awesome rock . Often called jasper , seems to depend what part of the country your from .
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Geo-Ing Crazy
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Geo-Ing Crazy on Mar 29, 2009 20:02:07 GMT -5
Thanks everybody - now I won't feel bad about cutting into it, since I won't be destroying anything that should be preserved as is!
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