dresch Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) Hallo, I found this in the South of Sweden. I think it might be a spirorbis. Does anyone know? Thanks! :-) /Malin Edited August 7, 2015 by dresch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. et sp. indet. Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I think it's beekite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Whatever it is, it is really interesting. Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresch Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 I think it's beekite. I searched the internet for beekite, and I believe you are right! However, what is a beekite? I can't get it to translate in the Dictionary... Is it something from a bee och is it a coral of some kind? Thank you for information! Really appreciated! /Malin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) Beekite is a distinctive form of chalcedony sometimes associated with silicified fossils. Best regards, Paul1197_complete.pdf Edited August 7, 2015 by Raggedy Man 1 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) Beekite, was named after Dr.Beck, Dean of Bristol, who first called attention to it."Beekite, strictly speaking, is not a true mineral species, but a chalcedonic variety ofsilica, replacing the carbonate of lime of fossil organic remains by secondary silicification." ON THE OOOURRENOE OF BEEKITE IN CONNECTION WITH"FOSSIL ORGANIC REMAINS," IN N. S. WALES - By R. ETHERIDGE, J NR., Palooontologist. http://australianmuseum.net.au/uploads/journals/16668/1197_complete.pdfBeekite consists of a central nucleus surrounded by not always continuous concentric rings."As a rule there are two or three rings, but any number may occur up to eight.""It sometimes appears as if the Beekite had more readily replaced thematrix than the fossil, and, as it thus surrounded the organism, when thecalcareous part was weathered away, the Beekite would in such cases seemto have been deposited upon the organism." On the manner of occurrence of Beekite and its bearing upon the origin of Siliceous Beds of Palaeozoic Age - By T. M. McKenny Hughes, M.A., F.R.S., Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Cambridge. http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_8/8-40-265.pdf Paul was the first with the document. Edited August 7, 2015 by abyssunder 2 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresch Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 Wow. Thanks to all of you whos taking the time to give me a response! Very much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 beekite is very interesting looking. It looks like it should be a fossil. 1 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 In geology we call that type of texture 'botryoidal'. Botryoidal hematite, botryoidal chalcedony, etc. It is often associated with fossil wood especially in late Cretaceous deposits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. et sp. indet. Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I share my find. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Very nice! I appreciate! Thank you for the pictures! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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