HavanaWoody Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 This block was on a pallet of what was called corkstone that i bought to use in a pond nearly 20 year's ago, I used the rest to border my koi pond but this one was too cool to pu into the water. i had it indoors for many year's but it got moved outdoors and developed a lot of moss, ,while it still looked cool i recently hit it with a pressure washer revealing more than had shown prior and since have become more curious about the center dis and cluster of spines. this morning I used a little sandblasting to erode the backside and this is what i have. I have no way to know were it came from,and suggestions? is it already too cool to mess with furthermore or do you think there's more to be seen? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HavanaWoody Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 A couple of close ups, sorry big file's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Welcome to the Forum. Looks like a concretion in the middle of that. Neat looking piece, I agree. I'd be interested in seeing the "spines" up close. They may be fossil-related. I tried to brighten and enlarge yours, but the detail gets washed out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daves64 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum. Looks like a concretion in the middle of that. Neat looking piece, I agree. I'd be interested in seeing the "spines" up close. They may be fossil-related. I tried to brighten and enlarge yours, but the detail gets washed out. I tried as well. Here's my attempt. Any better idea on them? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Almost looks like a cidarid echinoid, but the oval shape is throwing me off, ... unless it is an imprint of 2 in close proximity. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TqB Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) There's definitely at least one disarticulated cidarid in there.The spine outlines, and interambulacral plates with bosses, are clear. Mostly or all decalcified, just impressions. Edited July 10, 2020 by TqB 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HavanaWoody Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 12:55 PM, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum. Looks like a concretion in the middle of that. Neat looking piece, I agree. I'd be interested in seeing the "spines" up close. They may be fossil-related. I tried to brighten and enlarge yours, but the detail gets washed out. I ran out of upload space, Don't know if It resets but let me see if I can add the close up of the spines, they are definitely interesting. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Phenomenal photo! Thanks for posting that. I agree with TqB. Looks like the imprint of a disarticulated cidarid echinoid, with spines. That is very cool. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HavanaWoody Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 Yeah I see, the other images don't do justice, the concretion is lens shaped and sharp Edges, i wish i had an xray of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TqB Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) I wonder if it's Carboniferous? That looks as if it could be Archaeocidaris, which I think disarticulates more easily than Mesozoic and later cidarids. It's very beautiful and well worth rescuing from outside, whichever it is! (At the moment, the concretion is less interesting, though there could be something good inside it…) Edited July 20, 2020 by TqB 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnJ Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 17 minutes ago, TqB said: I wonder if it's Carboniferous? That looks as if it could be Archaeocidaris, which I think disarticulates more easily than Mesozoic and later cidarids. It's very beautiful and well worth rescuing from outside, whichever it is! (At the moment, the concretion is less interesting, though there could be something good inside it…) Agreed. This is a Paleozoic cidaroid. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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