fitnessfreak Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Hey my grandfather found decades ago,deep in a quarry where he did worked,a big fossil of an eye,i have never seen such thing before.Could somebody explain what i have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 It looks like a large concretion or mineral formation. Possibly a gastropod mold but it doesn't look like a fossil to me. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Concretion,... not an eye fossil. Geologic rather than biologic in origin. Regards, 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...
painshill Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Yes, it looks like a carbonate-cemented limestone concretion. The lateral ridges represent bedding planes in the rock which have preferentially eroded. Eyeball fossils (at least ones looking like that) are unheard of and palaeontolgically very unlikely). Welcome to the forum... and do keep looking! Roger I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who [Rudyard Kipling] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 A very cool looking paperweight, welcome to the forum. I love cookey shaped rocks, got any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitnessfreak Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 Thank you for the asnwers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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