What are these?

[ShieldJaguar]

I find these in my creeks while point hunting. Any ideas as to what these are?

 

[jmaschal]

Is it stone or bone?

 

[ShieldJaguar]

Stone. Petrified something. Wasn't sure if petrified clam or seed/nut.

 

[Charl]

Looks like it might be a fossil brachiopod....

 

[ShieldJaguar]

Thanks Charl! That is exactly what it is! Found this pic with a search for fossilized Brachiopods.

 

[arrow86]

Never found one but I'd say Charl solved that one..... The knowledge of members on here always amazes me.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Definitely a Brachiopod or similar type Shellfish Fossil. Here are a bunch I have found here in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky along the Ohio River.

 

[arrow86]

Grim ..... Are they unusual ? For you to collect them and display or do you just like the look or material ? Just curios

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Grim ..... Are they unusual ? For you to collect them and display or do you just like the look or material ? Just curios

I just had so many I decided to pick up out the best ones and put them in trays. I have a road cut site down near Maysville Ky where you can literally fill a half of a 5 gallon bucket with fossils in an hour and the bulk of them are Brachiopods. I can also take them to shows this way to show the kids.

 

[crj1968]

Pretty neat- I had one as a kid that was Pyrite replaced