Featured Fossil

It looks to me like something inside some kind of casing.

 

I think the stone that people open to see inside is *concretion*?
No help to this discussion ( and neither is this: I have boxes and boxes of unknown fossils and some look like this )​

 

Yes, it does.

 

I can not tell from the pictures but it is also possible that it is a crinoid. I find crinoids in our creek but the variety here is usually 5 sided. There are other varieties . Does it look like that little bump could be a stem coming from the calyx (head).

 

It looks like a petrified fruit or nut.
Something with a thick rind.

 

@NewEngland - Maybe you can contact a local geologist group or possibly a local university with a geology department.

Here is an online option.

https://earth.appstate.edu/outreach/ask-geologist

 

That's what it reminds me of, too, but then when I look from a different angle, it appears to be a shell of some sort.

 

That's a great idea. Thanks for the link.

 

This appears to have 4 sections. It's hard to tell what the little bump is.

 

I sent a question to them and will let you know if they reply. Thanks again for the link!

 

You are very welcome!!

I know someone who is a geologist & the card that he hands out has at the top "that guy who buys rocks / a little or a lot".