Stingray Inside a Dinosaur

[davo]

DAYMN!

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Thats very very awesome.

 

[neoprodigy]

wow...

 

[Arachnar]

More INFO!=).

 

[Oddball]

cool little easter egg. what makes the fossil have the red color? what species of dinosaur did this bone come from?

The predominant species in the area the bone was collected is Hadrasaurs.

The colors come from different concentrations of iron in the precipitating minerals. There's no real bone in this dinosaur piece (or in 99% of all dinosaur bone). There's only the mineral replacement from the fossilization process.

 

[ShadowStryder]

The predominant species in the area the bone was collected is Hadrasaurs.

The colors come from different concentrations of iron in the precipitating minerals. There's no real bone in this dinosaur piece (or in 99% of all dinosaur bone). There's only the mineral replacement from the fossilization process.

I have about 15 pieces of Petrified Redwood. Is the same process by which it is created.

 

[Nic]

I have about 15 pieces of Petrified Redwood. Is the same process by which it is created.

post some pix

 

[BIGgourami]

The predominant species in the area the bone was collected is Hadrasaurs.

what species?

so it's not an actual ray? just an image of one?

 

[aquaticdesignsp]

What you see is just the detailed relief of the tissue that has been replaced by rock and sediment under extreme pressure. The planet's cool history book. An assurance that we all (life on this planet, not man alone) are best to learn from the past. An attempt to further the earth into a better tomorrow, together as life on this rock, not just us. Even one ray, dead so many years, can help to keep us a little humbled. Here's a thought- that ray most likely died before our species existed...............................................

Oddball, you really are a leader and a true inspiration to us all. Thank you so much for sharing!

 

[Cohazard]

What you see is just the detailed relief of the tissue that has been replaced by rock and sediment under extreme pressure. The planet's cool history book. An assurance that we all (life on this planet, not man alone) are best to learn from the past. An attempt to further the earth into a better tomorrow, together as life on this rock, not just us. Even one ray, dead so many years, can help to keep us a little humbled. Here's a thought- that ray most likely died before our species existed...............................................

Oddball, you really are a leader and a true inspiration to us all. Thank you so much for sharing!

Wait maybe I'm confused, but I thought the 'stingray' is just an illusion, there's no fossilized stingray, it's just a neat pattern the minerals created when they turned the bone into rock?