Difference Between "fossilized" And "petrified"...and Other Stuff ...
2012年9月23日 · This is heavier and (usually) tougher than weathered bone. For it to become truly "petrified", the bone's original minerals would slowly be replaced (often cell-by-cell) with inorganic minerals from the environment. This is the short version; there are many circumstances where the lines get blurry.
Need Help, is This a Petrified Mushroom - The Fossil Forum
2019年1月27日 · 20.6k. Member Title: Nut Case for lithified life! VFOTM 1/17, 4/16 VFOTM, MOTM 10/15. Posted January 27, 2019. This is a recent mushroom of the type that grows on dead wood. It is a large example, but not very old (geologically speaking). This type of fungus will often feel very hard when dried out. 2.
Wisconsin Petrified Wood - Member Collections - The Fossil Forum
2014年7月6日 · Location. Wisconsin. Member Title: GDB Award; 08/02/2013. Posted July 6, 2014. I've been finding bits and pieces of Cretaceous petrified wood during my kids and I's last few trips down on a local river's gravel bars. It's mixed in with lots of chert nodules of the same color, so it's not always easy to tell the difference between the two.
Petrified Blue Forest - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum
2022年8月30日 · 5k. Location. Plainview, Minnesota, USA. Member Title: Member of the Month - April 2020. Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) I had the opportunity to cruise around Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah on my own for 5 days The first day of my fossil hunting excursion was to be spent at the Petrified Blue Forest site in Western Wyoming.
Petrified Or Fossilized Nut? - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum
2015年6月19日 · mattandy84. I found this in one of my Austin TX ponds. It has uniform dimples all over. The closest 'living' nut I could find is the Texas Walnut, which is seamless, with a radicle (or nipple) at one end and an obvious scar (where a stem was attached) on the opposite side. I'm certian it is a nut, just not sure if it's fossilized or petrified.
Petrified or fossilized walnut? - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum
2016年8月15日 · Here is what a real fossilized walnut looks like from 12 mya rocks in Smith Valley Nevada. I took this photo at the paleontology Museum at University of California in Berkeley during Cal Day which occurs every mid April.
Petrified Corn Cobs - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum
2017年9月20日 · Found these by Dilley, Tx in a corn field. It's certainly corn but I have never seen fossils petrify this color. I've found the same mineral as concretions in limestone. I was curious to what everybody else thinks about them.
Fossilized or Petrified Snake Head? - The Fossil Forum
2024年5月16日 · Secondly I’m sorry to say The other places were correct. It’s not a fossilized or petrified snake head. Theres no bilateral simetry no bones no teeth and they are correct. Soft tissue doesn’t really fossilize like that. It is a cool looking rock though and I would have picked it up for my look a like drawer too.
Think you found an egg? Read this first! Dinosaur Egg Guide- Basic
2019年2月9日 · Sizes of concretions range from just an inch, or a few millimeters, up to more than 10 ft (3 m). Egg sizes, along one side, range from just an inch or a few millimeters and top out at around 8 in (20 cm). If you find an oval or round shape, which is larger than 8 in (20 cm) along a side then it is probably not an egg.
Petrified coconut? - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum
2020年10月1日 · Does anybody know what these are? Size and shape of coconuts embedded into rock on the coast, but hard like stone or petrified wood.