[meteorite-list] Fossilized Fruit or meteorite

[Paul H.]

In "Fossilized Fruit or meteorite" at:
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2012-March/083646.html
Paul Gessler wrote,

“I don’t think that is a meteorite. But the “flow” 
lines looked puzzling until I remembered my 
experience with finding fossilized fruits on the 
Queen Charlotte Islands in BC. Canada 

I think it is a fossilized fruit of some sort. 

Spinifructus antiquus 

take a look here: sort of like a fig 

http://www.plantworlds.com/images/800px-Spinifructus_antiquus_fruits_01[1].jpg "

Dear Larry and Paul,

It does look like the internal mold of some sort of fossil fruit.
It is certainly does not look like a volcanic bomb. It would 
be helpful in evaluating it if some sort of context, i.e. general 
location to at least the county or nearest city / town, about 
where it was found, of this find could be provided.

I would suggest that you join the “Fossil Forum” at  

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?

After you have joined, you can get the opinion of the fossil 
collectors on this forum. They would likely know what this 
specimen and its possible scientific significance might be. 
If this is a fossil fruit, which are quite rare, it might be of 
some scientific interest

For any fossil collectors on this list, The Fossil Forum an 
excellent forum to meet and learn from other amateur and 
professional fossil collectors. Meteorite collectors will find 
that fossil collectors have the same concerns about
government regulations and laws that they do.

Best wishes,

Paul H.