Bobby Rico Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) Hi all I hope you all are safe and well. Please can I have some help on this coral ID. If was found about 12 years ago . Somewhere In the Yorkshire Dales/ Pennie Way . Sorry but that’s the best location I have until MrsR looks at a map. I can do better pictures tomorrow if required. @TqB any ideas pal. thanks for your help Bobby Edited April 30, 2021 by Bobby Rico 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Can't help with ID, Bobby, but man that is a real looker! Cheers, mate. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Can't help with ID, Bobby, but man that is a real looker! Cheers, mate. Cheers Tim the silly thing about it is it has been in the garden for many years and I thought it was lost. It is now on my shelf where it should be. all the best Bobby Edited April 30, 2021 by Bobby Rico 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I bet that would look great if cut and polished. Any ID I might suggest would be just a guess. Don 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: I bet that would look great if cut and polished. Any ID I might suggest would be just a guess. Don Yes it probably would , good Idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Very nice, Bobby. I would go for Siphonodendron, but wait for Tarquin, he's much better at these corals than I am. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Very nice, Bobby. I would go for Siphonodendron, but wait for Tarquin, he's much better at these corals than I am. Cheers mate much appreciated. Speak soon Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I'd bet that is at least partially silicified. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Can’t help with the ID Bobby, but like everyone else, I think it’s a beauty! 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 @TqB 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) Hi Bobby! It's Actinocyathus floriformis - the large, bubbly dissepiments combined with cerioid structure are distinctive. I find partially silicified ones exactly like that in the Great Limestone in the Durham Pennines. Definitely one of the most beautiful Carboniferous species. Like these bits: (Solitary Dibunophyllum bipartitum bottom left.) Edited May 1, 2021 by TqB 4 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, TqB said: Hi Bobby! It's Actinocyathus floriformis - the large, bubbly dissepiments combined with cerioid structure are distinctive. I find partially silicified ones exactly like that in the Great Limestone in the Durham Pennines. Definitely one of the most beautiful Carboniferous species. Like these bits: (Solitary Dibunophyllum bipartitum bottom left.) Thanks Tarquin much appreciated. It is quite a nice piece and I am pleased to have found it again. That’s some beautiful specimens you have too. On mine part of the structure is visible is it possible to enhance this? Speak soon Bobby and stay safe. Edited May 1, 2021 by Bobby Rico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 50 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: That’s some beautiful specimens you have too. On mine part of the structure is visible is it possible to enhance this? Thanks, Bobby. Yours looks fine the way it is and it would be very difficult to polish the whole pebble - you'd have to grind away the nice silicified bits first. It could be cut but then you'd cut into the longitudinal sections. 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, TqB said: Thanks, Bobby. Yours looks fine the way it is and it would be very difficult to polish the whole pebble - you'd have to grind away the nice silicified bits first. It could be cut but then you'd cut into the longitudinal sections. I leave it as , it looks nice displayed . Cheers Bobby Edited May 1, 2021 by Bobby Rico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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