Jerrytinsley1 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Found in WNY (Brocton) on land, in the woods , about 4 miles away from the shoreline of lake erie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Does it float? 1 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Looks like a large piece of a Favositid coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) I think it's pumice. Hello, Jerry, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. Edited March 30, 2021 by Tidgy's Dad 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: I think it's pumice. Hello, Jerry, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. In retrospect It is a bit unusual that no tabulae or corallites in cross show. Thankfully it's easy to find out. I'd check to see if it floats as GeschWhat mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 To rule out coral completely, we need to see a cross section. Does it float? If so then pumice is likely. Frankly, it looks more like scoria, (vesicular lava) Less likely is pisolite where some of the exterior pisoliths have dissolved or fallen out. Hack a corner out. It if is solid then pisolite is likely. If vuggy then scoria is likely. https://www.google.com/amp/s/geologyscience.com/rocks/scoria/ https://m.minerals.net/mineral_glossary/pisolite.aspx 1 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 The holes are clearly bubbles in the original rock, consistent with pumice or a similar inorganic material. The shape of the holes (no hexagonal structure anywhere), the extreme variation in size of the holes, the lack of any septa or tabulae, all exclude identification as a coral. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrytinsley1 Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 Well, to my surprise, as heavy as it feels, it does in fact float. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 27 minutes ago, Jerrytinsley1 said: Well, to my surprise, as heavy as it feels, it does in fact float. Yup. It's pumice and really interesting why it floats; it's not as simple as just containing lots of gas vesicles. https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/solving-mystery-floating-rocks-pumice#:~:text=Pumice stones.,-Credit%3A Berkeley Lab&text=While scientists have known that,for example%2C it will sink. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 7 hours ago, Jerrytinsley1 said: WNY (Brocton) on land 3 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: consistent with pumice or a similar inorganic material. As it does not really look like typical pumice, my question is, is pumice known from that general area? I am leaning more to "similar inorganic material", that means, something man-made. Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Could be lightweight concrete. What is the pore size? Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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