Crinoid Stem fossil ????

MattLock

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• Feb 22, 2016

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Do you think this is fossil imprint of a Crinoid stem, which is the state fossil of Missouri or another fossil

 

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• Feb 23, 2016

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Looks like the end of one or a print of one. We find lots in creeks here in southeast Missouri.

 

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Junkminer said:

Looks like the end of one or a print of one. We find lots in creeks here in southeast Missouri.

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Can you show me some you have ?

 

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• Feb 23, 2016

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We called them "Indian Beads" growing up. Have qt jars full from picking them up on the gravel bars in the creek when I was young and when my boys were young. And yes, it does have the look.

 

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• Feb 24, 2016

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It's possible, but what kind of rock is that? Most fossils I find are in siltstone, but I have found some in chert. Limestone often has fossils, but I don't find any of those locally.

-- Tom

 

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achaios said:

It's possible, but what kind of rock is that? Most fossils I find are in siltstone, but I have found some in chert. Limestone often has fossils, but I don't find any of those locally.

-- Tom

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I think it's sedimentary cause of the color