I found this in some tillage I purchased from a local dirt contractor. Most likely got trapped in the clay of Bascom Lake. Now it is part of my wall! How old do you think it is?
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OMG- looks like a fossile of Steve McQueen's tattoo from Papillion---chbpod
He did jump into a body of water somewhere.
To answer the question, 373 million years, to the day. (There's a little hallmark, to the left.)
I doubt that it is a fossile as there are none in this area.It is more than likely mineral.Rock collecting in this area sucks because it is old in a geological standpoint.We are a few million years late for good rock collecting in this area.Even the Pfizer quarry has no fossiles and lime is know for them.It seems that the lime has moved up and down over time and thus no fossiles.
Fred...Thanks for letting me know that I have a rare fossil indeed! Of course it is mineral...that is all that is left after the living thing dissolves are the minerals that take its place, thus a fossil! You are right about the rock collection in this area though. When I lived in Cheshire the owns wife, of the supermarket there, was a rock hound into rock collecting big time. She had a very impressive collection that she would put out for display every once in a while. Myself I love examining rocks and the geology of this area. The problem we have here is that most of the material was deposited by the glaciers. I have a nice piece of limestone, that is about the size of a bread-box, that shows definite signs that it was influenced upon by running water. This was an interesting find (in the back yard hill) because it was found within a sand deposit. A patch area with nice clean washed sand + a grooved out limestone rock = running water!
Though some people find this area unimpressive geologically speaking, I find it immensely interesting. On the west side of town you have the bear bedrock exposed with the pressure welded sandy gravel deposits, also on the river street sand bank. On the eastern side of Reservoir Rd. and extending all the way down to Notch Rd. you have the bolder deposits left by the glassies. The limestone deposits are very impressive to be sure. The Natural Bridge is aw inspiring.
I doubt it's a fossil since I don't see any bone or shell. It also doesn't look like a foot print or a coprolite (dinosaur poop). It's probably just a mineral inclusion that bears a striking resemblence to a moose or maybe an angel.
Yeah, that's it, an angel, to protect you from the prince of darkness! ;-)
Seeing a butterfly-shaped fossil or marking (I make no claims to paleontological expertise, so I'll leave that one alone) reminded me of Ray Bradbury's great short story A Sound of Thunder.
WF
On minerals in this area I can say this.I once panned for gold in area brooks and there is gold everwhere just not in large amounts in most places and very little around here.However the Cascade brook has very small traces of gold and not enough to bother with but is is full of iron ore. The iron ore from this area is very high quality but once again not enough of it.This leads me to think that the so called cave at the intersection of West Mountain Road and Reservoir Road is really an old iron mine and is probably where the iron came from for the Monitor as Reservoir Road was once called Furnace St.and you can't make iron without a furnace.Anyone interested in seeing this mine need only drive up to the city dog pound and cross the small bridge at the intersection of West Mountain and reservoir.The cave or mine is just a hundred feet off the road. Also as a kid I went into Richmond cave which is somewhere on the mountain across from WalMart. I have a feeling that this also was really a mine.
Heck, I live next the to Cascade Brook. I'm gonna send the kid out with a pie pan as soon as he gets home!
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