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This is a digital microscope photograph of a 4mm clast in a conglomerate rock from Franklin County, Alabama. We have recently purchased property in this area and I am trying to learn about the rocks and minerals. We are in the Tuscaloosa Group, Gordo Formation and our county is a Super Site for the large amount of limonite-geohtite and siderite found there. Around 300 iron mines are also in this one county, so the rocks I am finding are high in iron oxides, as you can see in this example. I am intrigued by this one clast - this rock was broken in half and the clast is mirrored on both sides that broke. Is there any way to identify it by the same or appearance? Thanks! Ramona
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Hello, I live in between Venice and North Port, FL, close to the Myakka. I have been finding tortoise fossils/clasts in my neighborhood. Most are in moist clay within a foot from surface. This location is SW of the Peace River Formation. I find deer antler, Meg teeth, and manatee ribs fully fossilized here also. This is Pleistocene area. I have not found fully fossilized tortoise. Mine are not totally solidified. I find many scutes/ spurs along with the clasts that are hardened. Looking for advice. Photos of one sample attached. Regards, Michael
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Hello, I live in between Venice and North Port, FL, close to the Myakka. I have been finding tortoise fossils/clasts in my neighborhood. Most are in moist clay within a foot from surface. This location is SW of the Peace River Formation. I find deer antler, Meg teeth, and manatee ribs fully fossilized here also. This is Pleistocene area. I have not found fully fossilized tortoise. Mine are not totally solidified. I find many scutes/ spurs along with the clasts that are hardened. Looking for advice. Photos of one sample attached. Regards, Michael