lightly Posted February 13, 2011 #1 Share Posted February 13, 2011 A good friend found a complete.. fossilized peyote button, in a sandy outcropping in Michigan! He would like to know if it might be valuable... monetarily. Could anyone tell us please what it might be worth ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalcase Posted February 13, 2011 #2 Share Posted February 13, 2011 How is this friend or you so sure it was a peyote button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted February 13, 2011 Author #3 Share Posted February 13, 2011 (edited) How is this friend or you so sure it was a peyote button? well, because , he says , it looks exactly like a peyote button.. Only it's fossilized. Apparently he knows what a peyote button looks like. I'd really like to find out, for his sake, if it is valuable, monetarily, to a Museum of Natural History or a collector or something. * Hmmm but ya, i guess your right.. it COULD be something else... that looks identical... who knows!? maybe he should get it looked at by a botanist or someone who might be able to verify what it was. Edited February 13, 2011 by lightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSot Posted February 13, 2011 #4 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I have to say... it probably isn't hugely valuable. A fossil of a fairly common plant doesn't run much, I'd expect. I don't know for sure, though. I'd recommend this forum here: Linkage It's a forum for fossil hunters and they'd give you a better idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted February 13, 2011 Author #5 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I have to say... it probably isn't hugely valuable. A fossil of a fairly common plant doesn't run much, I'd expect. I don't know for sure, though. I'd recommend this forum here: Linkage It's a forum for fossil hunters and they'd give you a better idea. hey thanks a lot ShadowSot, ... i see i'll have to join before i can post or make a topic.. but, i'll probably do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarrie02 Posted April 16, 2012 #6 Share Posted April 16, 2012 A good friend found a complete.. fossilized peyote button, in a sandy outcropping in Michigan! He would like to know if it might be valuable... monetarily. Could anyone tell us please what it might be worth ? Hello. I am Native American and my tribe would be very interested in getting a hold of that button if it is still available. Even to hold it would be a blessing for us. Please contact me if you can. Sarrie02@hotmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted April 17, 2012 Author #7 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hello. I am Native American and my tribe would be very interested in getting a hold of that button if it is still available. Even to hold it would be a blessing for us. Please contact me if you can. Hi, Ok, Thanks. I will contact my friend ( it might take awhile ) .. and then i'll contact you to hook you guys up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted April 17, 2012 #8 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hi, Ok, Thanks. I will contact my friend ( it might take awhile ) .. and then i'll contact you to hook you guys up. But you will have to check first if it is a true peyote; there are also socalled 'false peyotes': Peyote is the common name for a species of cactus called Lophophora Williamsii, which has several variants. There are also a few nearly identical variants of a different species known as 'False Peyote', containing little-to-no mescaline. However, False Peyote does contain other psychoactive alkaloids, reported to have delerient effects. Variants of False Peyote include: * Lophophora Diffusa * Lophophora Diffusa Fricii variant * Lophophora Diffusa Kubesae variant * Lophophora Diffusa Koeheresii variant http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showwiki.php?title=Peyote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted April 17, 2012 #9 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hello. I am Native American and my tribe would be very interested in getting a hold of that button if it is still available. Even to hold it would be a blessing for us. Please contact me if you can. Sarrie02@hotmail.com Hi. Just out of interest, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted April 18, 2012 Author #10 Share Posted April 18, 2012 But you will have to check first if it is a true peyote; there are also socalled 'false peyotes': Peyote is the common name for a species of cactus called Lophophora Williamsii, which has several variants. There are also a few nearly identical variants of a different species known as 'False Peyote', containing little-to-no mescaline. However, False Peyote does contain other psychoactive alkaloids, reported to have delerient effects. Variants of False Peyote include: * Lophophora Diffusa * Lophophora Diffusa Fricii variant * Lophophora Diffusa Kubesae variant * Lophophora Diffusa Koeheresii variant http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showwiki.php?title=Peyote Thanks Abramelin, i didn't know about the "false" ones . (interesting link too) ... i'm just trying to help my friend. Lophophora Williamsii aren't native to michigan, i don't think, but they may have been Longggggg ago? .. But the use of peyote , as a sacrament, did spread to this area (great lakes) and Canada. I'm not sure how or when one managed to get petrified here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oniomancer Posted April 21, 2012 #11 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yeah...pretty sure he's found some kind of echinoderm, like this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&gbv=2&biw=987&bih=609&tbm=isch&oq=Cidaris+&aq=f&aqi=g-S2&gs_nf=1&gs_l=img.3..0i24l2.10511.10511.0.10868.1.1.0.0.0.0.85.85.1.1.0.WtsVaS9jzS0&q=Cidaris http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=987&bih=609&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=fossil+sea+urchin&oq=fossil+sea+urchin&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=img.3..0.21085.25413.0.26782.11.11.0.6.6.0.148.536.3j2.5.0.SLkJRgC1y9M Seems he's not the first one to make that association either: Fifth comment down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted April 21, 2012 Author #12 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yeah...pretty sure he's found some kind of echinoderm, like this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&gbv=2&biw=987&bih=609&tbm=isch&oq=Cidaris+&aq=f&aqi=g-S2&gs_nf=1&gs_l=img.3..0i24l2.10511.10511.0.10868.1.1.0.0.0.0.85.85.1.1.0.WtsVaS9jzS0&q=Cidaris http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=987&bih=609&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=fossil+sea+urchin&oq=fossil+sea+urchin&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=img.3..0.21085.25413.0.26782.11.11.0.6.6.0.148.536.3j2.5.0.SLkJRgC1y9M Seems he's not the first one to make that association either: Fifth comment down. Thanks Oniomancer, that's interesting. There is a striking simlarity . It would be funny if my friend has found an actual fossilized Lophophora Williamsii which was traded all the way up here to michigan ... and then lost.. and then found ! fossilized echinoderm huh? ... yup, maybe so. Lol.. you Know things are slow in here when people start searching info on topics THIS boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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