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Fossil from my Great Grandma


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Hello, this is my first post as I stumbled upon this forum attempting to research a fossil my Great Grandmother gave me some years ago. When I was younger, I thought they were teeth of some sort, but after some digging (no pun intended), I am thinking it may be horn coral!? Also, in the second picture I labeled part of the rock #4; it appears to be different from the rest of the rock. Some of it is like a milky matte material and beside it (hard to see in still picture) is a section that glimmers in the light. I wondered if it was some sort of crystal or just another form of a fossil/the limestone. I apologize for any errors that I have made in this description or in the pictures. I would appreciate and corrections, tips or recommendations I could use for potential future posts. If anyone could give me some more information on what I have here, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thank you and have a great day!

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it is a very nice slab of horn coral.  Do you know where it was found?  My knowledge of geology is poor, I cannot tell you what else can be in the slab.  Other more informed folk would be helped with that information.

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Nice specimen, indeed. Thanks for sharing! But I can not help any further with more exact ID than horn coral.

And I see, that you are using @Coco´s mm-paper, already in your first post :dinothumb:! Thank you!

Franz Bernhard

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Compare with Grewingkia canadensis

 

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Grüße,

Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

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Rugose corals - very nice slab.

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