tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post116368200032342692..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Or...?Steve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-1164057693297069122006-11-20T13:21:00.000-08:002006-11-20T13:21:00.000-08:00RussI can totally relate. I spent my youth fossil...Russ<BR/>I can totally relate. I spent my youth fossil hunting in driveways in Arkansas and Tennessee!Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-1163861211834181562006-11-18T06:46:00.000-08:002006-11-18T06:46:00.000-08:00MattI vote for crinoid stem. One of the fun things...Matt<BR/><BR/>I vote for crinoid stem. One of the fun things about Louisiana is being at the end of the Mississippi River flow. We have rocks and gravel from everywhere upriver, washed smooth by thousands of years of flow until finally dug up from some gravel pit for construction. Sometimes intact stems over a inch long can be found. Glad to see your daughters have discovered this southern tradition, everyone's driveway is a fossil safari. <BR/>Have a great trip, <BR/>RussAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-1163782185889658042006-11-17T08:49:00.000-08:002006-11-17T08:49:00.000-08:00My first impression was crinoid as well, but usual...My first impression was crinoid as well, but usually there'll be lots of visible crinoid stem cross sections on the surface of the rocks which contain them. Now looking closer it's tough to say if that's sandstone or limestone, I have some HCl laying around at home we can do the fizz test when you come by next week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-1163768204521852002006-11-17T04:56:00.000-08:002006-11-17T04:56:00.000-08:00Steve and Paul, I'll bring it with me. You can ta...Steve and Paul, I'll bring it with me. You can take a look for yourselves. :-)Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-1163724101074451952006-11-16T16:41:00.000-08:002006-11-16T16:41:00.000-08:00I'm not sure, Reid-- the one you link to looks jus...I'm not sure, Reid-- the one you link to looks just like the ones I find across the river, but Matt's is different (and way smaller). And what about Paul's caveats?<BR/><BR/>OTOH Matt's newest theory sort of surpasses Occam's Razor!Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-1163712001065475582006-11-16T13:20:00.000-08:002006-11-16T13:20:00.000-08:00The more I look at it the more I want to vote for ...The more I look at it the more I want to vote for crincoid stem.<BR/><BR/>http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/DrewesC/htdocs/crinoid-20.jpgReid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-1163703672616645012006-11-16T11:01:00.000-08:002006-11-16T11:01:00.000-08:00As good a guess as any so far, Paul. My new (toda...As good a guess as any so far, Paul. My new (today's) theory is that this might be a chip of conrete or some other manmade "rock," that happened to find its way into a stream bed or other process that tumbled it to a natural-looking state.<BR/><BR/>If that's the case, this interesting screw-type feature in it might be the impression of a small fastener or other construction device that fell into the concrete as it was mixed. <BR/><BR/>Later, when the concrete chipped, the original piece might have fallen apart and out of its setting, leaving the impression like a mold.<BR/><BR/>So, if all THAT'S possible, what sort of fasterner is this the impression of? What sort of concrete would weather into a natural-looking skipping stone?<BR/><BR/>Any hard hats in the audience?Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-1163702650948938432006-11-16T10:44:00.000-08:002006-11-16T10:44:00.000-08:00Hi Matt,Since you imply that's its a river rock an...Hi Matt,<BR/><BR/>Since you imply that's its a river rock and since the rock doesn't look like limestone, it looks more like sandstone, it's a good bet that the screw-like structure is not a fossil. Limestone doesn't typically survive for very long in high energy river type environments that would tumble them smooth, and fossils are rare in non-limestone formations.<BR/><BR/>My guess is that it's some sort of manmade tool, maybe used for processing some sort of natural fiber like yucca or root fibers of some sort? <BR/><BR/>PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com