SamiCG Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Found in Locust Fork, Blount County, Alabama at Low Water Bridge in creek bed. IMG_4992.heic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Beekite? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I agree with Beekite, I don't see a fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I think the nature of beekite makes it likely that it was a fossil early in diagenesis. I agree that it is unlikely to be identified now however. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamiCG Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Misha said: Beekite? Thank you for responding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Rockwood said: I think the nature of beekite makes it likely that it was a fossil early in diagenesis. I agree that it is unlikely to be identified now however. Generally true but it also occurs as encrustations on clasts of carbonate rock in sedimentation breaks. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240656187_The_occurrence_and_significance_of_beekite_in_Paleocene_alluvial-fan_deposits_in_central_Anatolia_Turkey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamiCG Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 34 minutes ago, Thomas.Dodson said: I agree with Beekite, I don't see a fossil. Thank you for responding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamiCG Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Thomas.Dodson said: Generally true but it also occurs as encrustations on clasts of carbonate rock in sedimentation breaks. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240656187_The_occurrence_and_significance_of_beekite_in_Paleocene_alluvial-fan_deposits_in_central_Anatolia_Turkey Thank you for this information. I am super new so it is not unusual for this to be found in an Alabama creek/river bed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamiCG Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 15 minutes ago, Rockwood said: I think the nature of beekite makes it likely that it was a fossil early in diagenesis. I agree that it is unlikely to be identified now however. Thank you for this information and responding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 minute ago, SamiCG said: Thank you for this information. I am super new so it is not unusual for this to be found in an Alabama creek/river bed? Not too unusual. Beekite is found in a lot of places. It's a form of chalcedony that occurs when carbonate minerals are replaced with silica over time, usually on fossils as Rockwood mentioned. Here are some examples of beekite encrusted fossils forum members have posted. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamiCG Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Thomas.Dodson said: Not too unusual. Beekite is found in a lot of places. It's a form of chalcedony that occurs when carbonate minerals are replaced with silica over time, usually on fossils as Rockwood mentioned. Here are some examples of beekite encrusted fossils forum members have posted. Oh goodness thank you so much. Great information and references. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Wow, very nice beekite formation! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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