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I Think I Found A Fossilized/crystallized Honeycomb Thing


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I found this while walking on the shores of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin. What is this?

To me it looks like some kind of wasp/bee nest that's fossilized with crystals. In the pictures you can't see this thing sparkle, but it seriously sparkles like crazy. Also, one side clearly has hexagon shapes.

I doubt if I lick it, I'll taste something sweet. I read online that fossilized honeycombs are rarer than meteorites. Is this true?

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Nice coral. Most of the coral from up that way that I have seen is a shade of gray.

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Oh, just found this, the colonial coral found there is called something else.. pretty cool

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The State Fossil of Michigan :)

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Sparkle or not it's a beaut. :wub:

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Hey guys I found this same fossil on a YouTube video

Go to 4:31 in the video.

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  • 3 years later...

I found this fossil 45 years ago, in a large creek bed in western up-state NY. I thought it was a fossilized honeycomb at age 8, but after seeing pics and video on this topic, I think it's probably a type of coral. So, can people give me their opinions of what this actually is. if possible age, type, or anything else you think I'd want to know about it? It weights eight pounds, measures approx. 8" long, 6.5" deep, and 5" high. Thanks all.

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Yep - that sure looks like a favositid coral, too, Gaffer2. And as for the rarity of fossil honeycombs, they are MUCH rarer than meteorites! In fact, I know of a SINGLE example:

From Batu Caves, Malaysia. It is believed to be Pleistocene in age, or older, and is identified as belonging to the genus Apis, which includes all of todays honeybees. The wax structure has been replicated in calcite.

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Yep - that sure looks like a favositid coral, too, Gaffer2. And as for the rarity of fossil honeycombs, they are MUCH rarer than meteorites! In fact, I know of a SINGLE example:

From Batu Caves, Malaysia. It is believed to be Pleistocene in age, or older, and is identified as belonging to the genus Apis, which includes all of todays honeybees. The wax structure has been replicated in calcite.

Just a pedantic here :) Isn't this technically an ichnofossil ?

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Favosite coral, known also as "Honeycomb coral", for obvious reasons. Quite common in the Paleozoic strata around the Great Lakes. Very nice!

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Favosite coral, known also as "Honeycomb coral", for obvious reasons. Quite common in the Paleozoic strata around the Great Lakes. Very nice!

true. nice coral.

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