Lone Hunter Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Finally got around to my bucket of unwashed rocks and discovered this. Don't know what to make of it, it's either Cretaceous or from QAL. It was so pretty wet I put a flat clear coat on the top side to bring out contrasting colors, bottom and side are natural. Kinda looks bonyish or turtlish heck I don't know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 No fair using subliminal clues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 So you know what it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 What I get when ever I pan for gold, mica ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Nope. The closest thing for comparison would be nacre. I just now got the 'clue' lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 So is this a clam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 17 hours ago, Lone Hunter said: Finally got around to my bucket of unwashed rocks and discovered this. Don't know what to make of it, it's either Cretaceous or from QAL. It was so pretty wet I put a flat clear coat on the top side to bring out contrasting colors, bottom and side are natural. Kinda looks bonyish or turtlish heck I don't know! I see a brachiopod, but as always locations data helps with ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Never would have thought brachiopod, I mentioned north Texas and Cretaceous, Eagle Ford is all I can add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 It appears to be a bivalve...most likely either a Lopha sp. or Inoceramid. @PFOOLEY 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 Is the gold color nacre or the shell color? Is it normal to find that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 4 hours ago, JohnJ said: It appears to be a bivalve... I would agree, a bivalve. It looks similar to Lopha but without more detail and locality information it would be difficult to identify it beyond that. 1 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Hi, when I read the title I was sure it would be a pyritized fossil, but it is not. As is often the case in my experience with minerals, it looks more golden in the pics that are less closeup, resolving to brown, yellow, reflective shades in a mix when seen really close. Nice one. I have no idea how common that is in your corner of the world, but I would guess it is a mixture of original nacre structure with mineral (iron) staining making for that nice colour. Best regards, J 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 Thank you, that is what I was curious about, I have seen some oysters with similar nacre coloring but never in a fossil and not on the outside of shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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