craigs71 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I found the items today at Mappleton, I think the one on the left is coral but the one on the right has me baffled and any help identifying would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Better pictures are needed. Straight on shots as well as all sides. 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...
craigs71 Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 Sorry but have been working over the weekend and didn't have time to respond in a timely manner, I hope the attached pictures are more useful. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuckMucus Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Cool! Interested to read the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigs71 Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 There is more to the rock than I first thought as some of the images have more details when viewed in a different light, I now get why I was asked to take better pictures as the first photo lacked lots of the unseen details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Maybe @TqB will have some ideas. 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...
ClearLake Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Looks like a breccia or rip-up clasts to me with the original down being the left edge of the rock. The odd square looking piece was deposited along with all the material to the left in this photo (see how similar looking they are) and then broken away from the sea floor in a storm or some other sort of disturbance and immediately redeposited askew along with the reddish looking material on the right side of the picture. Within that reddish material you can see other clasts or fragments of material. That is one likely scenario for the rocks origin. Certainly is neat looking with that very rectangular piece. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) I think the rock is a breccia, with shattered pieces of a finely bedded rock in it. I'd like to see close ups of the other one as well. EDIT: ClearLake has just explained it more thoroughly. Edited July 8, 2022 by TqB 1 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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