[Rockhounds] Mazon Creek Fossil

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

And it is a pretty nice specimen too.


On Saturday, Oct 11, 2008, at 21:27 America/Detroit, betdav97 at aol.com 
wrote:

> It is annularia stellata
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> Looks like Annularia, the leaves from Calamites. 
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> On Saturday, Oct 11, 2008, at 20:41 America/Detroit, John Siebel 
> wrote: 
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>> Hi folks, 
>>  
>> I'm looking for help in identifying a Mazon Creek (Illinois) fossil >
> that I received from a fellow list member a while back (Thanks > 
> Steve!). It looks like it could be a shell imprint but than again > 
> possibly plant matter of some kind. The plate measures 7cm wide. I > 
> ain't no expert so any help is appreciated. View image at > 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/31394106@N08/?saved=1 
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>> Thanks for your help - John 
>> PS. I just noticed, under magnification, that the surface is peppered 
>> with tiny pyrite cubes. How cool! 
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