~•◇reapwhatyousow◇•~ Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Tortoise shell peices found on and/or in the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~•◇reapwhatyousow◇•~ Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 4 hours ago, ~•◇reapwhatyousow◇•~ said: Tortoise shell pieces found on and/or in the ground. This specimen is dense in weight and metallic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Not seeing shell, but I am seeing what appears to be pyrite. 1 Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 While it isn't impossible that some alien (unnatural) force preserved tortoise shell this way, I think the odds favor iron combining with sulfur in the absence of oxygen (the usual way) as the way this formed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I would go along with the pyrite assessment, although the photos are too blurry to be able to judge properly. Please post some higher resolution photos of the objects and give us more precise information on stratigraphy and location. What makes you think that these pieces come from a tortoise? 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: I would go along with the pyrite assessment, although the photos are too blurry to be able to judge properly. Please post some higher resolution photos of the objects and give us more precise information on stratigraphy and location. What makes you think that these pieces come from a tortoise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Well, pyritized reptile bones are not unheard of. The chemical milieu around a decaying animal sometimes favours the formation of pyrite. But I do not see anything turtle-like in this picture either. Best Regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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