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Poke YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 16 Joined: Sep 21^st, 2020 Gender:	Fossilized Plum Sep 27^th, 2020 at 10:23am	Print Post
	Short video of a fossilized plum or black walnut I found in Washakie Co. Wyo.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Fossilized Plum Reply #1 - Sep 28^th, 2020 at 12:06pm	Print Post
	Or a persimmon? Never seen anything like that, Poke. And I can't find any pictures of something similar, ie; fossilized fruit. Have you found many like that? Seems like it would rot before it could be fossilized? Must've been buried pretty quickly. Maybe it was still on the tree! If you find anything similar post a link. Pretty real looking to be a geofact. Thanks for the video.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Fossilized Plum Reply #2 - Sep 28^th, 2020 at 3:51pm	Print Post
	You know, Poke, an event like the one in this article could've created your plum. Might be of interest to you. http://rockhoundlounge.com/cgi-bin/yabb252/YaBB.pl?num=1553913169


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Poke YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 16 Joined: Sep 21^st, 2020 Gender:	Re: Fossilized Plum Reply #3 - Sep 28^th, 2020 at 11:11pm	Print Post
	Great article! Thanks Joe. I did find another plum next to the one I posted. It’s far less pristine but looks to be the same fruit. I’ll post some photos or another video soon.


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daves64 Senior Member Offline Rockaholic Posts: 456 Location: Ellensburg WA Joined: Jun 27^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: Fossilized Plum Reply #4 - Sep 29^th, 2020 at 11:14am	Print Post
	Photo's please. Can't really tell much with a video.


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Poke YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 16 Joined: Sep 21^st, 2020 Gender:	Re: Fossilized Plum Reply #5 - Sep 29^th, 2020 at 2:18pm	Print Post
	this is the 2nd specimen.

	4p.jpg ( 155 KB \| 56 Downloads ) 2p.jpg ( 184 KB \| 71 Downloads ) 1p.jpg ( 136 KB \| 52 Downloads ) 5p.jpg ( 133 KB \| 60 Downloads ) 3p.jpg ( 145 KB \| 51 Downloads )
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Poke YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 16 Joined: Sep 21^st, 2020 Gender:	Re: Fossilized Plum Reply #6 - Sep 29^th, 2020 at 2:29pm	Print Post
	here are a few photos of the one in the video.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Fossilized Plum Reply #7 - Sep 29^th, 2020 at 8:21pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the pictures, Poke. It sure does look like a plum, or something, but I think they are both naturally water worn rounded rocks. The first one looks like a rounded cobble of conglomerate or breccia, so it's not a fossil. I'm not sure what the plum rock is. It's worn so smooth and really looks like a plum, but my guess is that it's not a fossil.


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Poke YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 16 Joined: Sep 21^st, 2020 Gender:	Re: Fossilized Plum Reply #8 - Sep 30^th, 2020 at 4:29pm	Print Post
	Thank you, I appreciate the feedback. It's all Greek to me, but I'm enjoying the learning process. If I find out anything else worthwhile about it I'll pass it along.


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Poke YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 16 Joined: Sep 21^st, 2020 Gender:	Re: Fossilized Plum Reply #9 - Oct 5^th, 2020 at 4:49pm	Print Post
	JoeM wrote on Sep 29^th, 2020 at 8:21pm: Thanks for the pictures, Poke. It sure does look like a plum, or something, but I think they are both naturally water worn rounded rocks. The first one looks like a rounded cobble of conglomerate or breccia, so it's not a fossil. I'm not sure what the plum rock is. It's worn so smooth and really looks like a plum, but my guess is that it's not a fossil. Joe, you were correct! Verified by the U of Wyo Geology dept. They said it is crystalline in nature which rules out a fossil. She referenced granitic or quartz cobble.


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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Fossilized Plum Reply #10 - Oct 20^th, 2020 at 2:15pm	Print Post
	Great work on getting it into the eyes of the geology department. Doing this kind of work is exactly what needs to be done in order to grow and learn quickly. Well done!

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