Chert with Fossils

[tkvancil]

Three pieces I think are totally interesting



close up of top left


two sides of top right




close up of lower piece


This piece weighs a little over twelve pounds. Wish I had a saw big enough to cut it. Might be some cool slabs in there


A little closer

[jamesp]

Cool stuff. Scary how many critters can get captured. where did they come from tk ?

[Sabre52]

I also love that stuff and find it very interesting. We get the same sort of material here on our ranch except yours has criniods so it much older chert than ours is. All are fossils are lower Cretaceous.....Mel

[radio]

You stole my rocks!!! LOL  You must live pretty darned close to me, or at least those are from the Missouri Ozarks I'm betting as  Pic numbers 3 and 4 look like you picked those up from the creek behind my house.  last year I actually found one with a complete Trilobite on it

[Fossilman]

Awesome-thumbnail fossils............I have a few like that in some rock,maybe its chert too,thought it looked like limestone to me..
Cool pieces you have...Thumbs up

[tkvancil]

Mar 26, 2014 2:13:50 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Cool stuff. Scary how many critters can get captured. where did they come from tk ?

The one with the dollar and the 12 pounder came from the edge of a corn field in Mendota Illinois. Lots of corn grown around that town, there's a Del Monte cannery there. The other two came from the Little Vermillion River which is east of Mendota. A co-worker gave them to me. His son found them while they were fishing but lost interest in them after they brought them home so I got 'em.

[tkvancil]

Mar 26, 2014 8:41:26 GMT -5 radio said:

You stole my rocks!!! LOL  You must live pretty darned close to me, or at least those are from the Missouri Ozarks I'm betting as  Pic numbers 3 and 4 look like you picked those up from the creek behind my house.  last year I actually found one with a complete Trilobite on it

I'm Illinois but I think our two states share a similar geological history. My son-in-law travels for his work and was in Missouri recently. He brought me a half dollar sized piece very similar to the one in photo #2. I am still waiting to find my first Trilobite ..... Hey! maybe the one you found was mine.

[jamesp]

In the higher country of N.Georgia we find crinoids and trilobites.
The lower ocean that covered the low lands of S. Georgia is a younger ocean.
Both have those cherts but the fossils differ in age.
I am guessing Illinois is similar to the ocean of our uplands maybe.
Cool thing about water in that it covers large areas.

[radio]

Mar 26, 2014 10:49:45 GMT -5 tkvancil said:

Mar 26, 2014 8:41:26 GMT -5 radio said:

You stole my rocks!!! LOL  You must live pretty darned close to me, or at least those are from the Missouri Ozarks I'm betting as  Pic numbers 3 and 4 look like you picked those up from the creek behind my house.  last year I actually found one with a complete Trilobite on it

I'm Illinois but I think our two states share a similar geological history. My son-in-law travels for his work and was in Missouri recently. He brought me a half dollar sized piece very similar to the one in photo #2. I am still waiting to find my first Trilobite ..... Hey! maybe the one you found was mine.

I have one large rock with many fossils I often use as a background for jewelry photos and is a tan color just like a couple you posted. Below is a pic of the trilobite i found in our creek.  Showed it to a Geologist at a natural history museum and he spouted out some Latin name i can't remember and told me it is upside down on the host rock.  I think it's pretty cool anyway

[radio]

I don't have a pic of just the rock, but here it is with a Psilomolelane cab

[dtcmor]

Looks like the same that I find here in NW Ohio on the river. Lots of fossils and it takes a really great shine. I have made a few points from it and the fossils really add to the finished piece. Nice finds!

[droseraguy]

Too bad you're not closer to watseka I could slab that up for you. The shed is getting warm enough to tolerate. We plan on walking the fields for relatives pretty soon if it ever gets dry enough shoul be some neat stuff and a lot of flower bed filler too. If you can make it down to coal city area there are tons of fossilized ferns etc most charge for a look on their land now though.

[quartz]

Ma & I enjoyed the show, good finds, thanks.

[tkvancil]

Mar 26, 2014 20:01:49 GMT -5 radio said:

Mar 26, 2014 10:49:45 GMT -5 tkvancil said:

I'm Illinois but I think our two states share a similar geological history. My son-in-law travels for his work and was in Missouri recently. He brought me a half dollar sized piece very similar to the one in photo #2. I am still waiting to find my first Trilobite ..... Hey! maybe the one you found was mine.

I have one large rock with many fossils I often use as a background for jewelry photos and is a tan color just like a couple you posted. Below is a pic of the trilobite i found in our creek.  Showed it to a Geologist at a natural history museum and he spouted out some Latin name i can't remember and told me it is upside down on the host rock.  I think it's pretty cool anyway

That trilobite is an awesome find. Glad we got to see it. I like the big tan one too.