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  1. Oct 30, 2011, 08:57 PM
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    Fossil Or ??

    My son found this while gold panning off a small creek. Looks like it could be some type of leaf, plant impression. Is imbedded in the rock surface and does not rub off. Suggestions appreciated..
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  2. Oct 31, 2011, 01:49 AM #2
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    Re: Fossil Or ??

    Looks like a dendritic inclusion in quartz to me: kind of moss that grew inside the rock.
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  3. Oct 31, 2011, 09:36 AM
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    Re: Fossil Or ??

    Tuberale...I think you nailed it. Moss was not one type we had thought of. Thanks a bunch...
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    Re: Fossil Or ??

    Glad to help. If that's it.

    I don't have that good a track record with rocks.
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  5. Nov 04, 2011, 12:49 AM
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    Re: Fossil Or ??

    I'd have to say your're batting a 1000. Following up on your lead I have found many different examples of " dendritic " Some of the images fromed by this process are beautiful art work by nature.

    Dendritic: A branching tree like mark made by one mineral crystallizing in another. A stone or mineral with such a mark.

    The stone that my son found is exactly that...
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