jggordo Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Minnesota find today. Same gravel pit that I hunt for agates. Almost looks like agate.thanks,Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Hey jggordo, Our posts are side by side and neither has received a comment. Is TFF against Minnesotans? Ha ha. I will venture a guess as the fossil aspect is a piece of recepticulite but its unique look leaves me baffled. At least this will bring your post to the front page again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 My guess is some type of tabulate coral, something similar to Favosites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jggordo Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 This fossil was found while agate hunting, I thought I found an agate, but quickly realized it was something else. Has rectangular grid pattern like holes. It does resemble texture and color of an agate. Horn or honeycom coral are the only similar pictures I could find, just not this color. Found in Minnesota on past Sunday Meeker County. Thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 The color of fossils can very quite a lot, just like agate, dependent on the minerals in the deposite. Also agate is a common replacement material for fossils. It looks like an agatized coral... nice find. Tony 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jggordo Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 The color of fossils can very quite a lot, just like agate, dependent on the minerals in the deposite. Also agate is a common replacement material for fossils. It looks like an agatized coral... nice find. Tony . Thanks Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Tabulated coral. I personally don't see any signs of it being agatized. Your pics are too blurry. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Jim, I combined your topics about the same find. Looking at your photos reminds me of breakfast. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Hey jggordo, Our posts are side by side and neither has received a comment. Is TFF against Minnesotans? Ha ha. I will venture a guess as the fossil aspect is a piece of recepticulite but its unique look leaves me baffled. At least this will bring your post to the front page again. Not antiminnesotan by any means. (I come from fine Norwegian/Lutheran/Minnesotan stock). It's kind of a mob mentality. It takes a while to build but once someone comments, we all pile on. So, here's my addition to the pile... It looks like some kind of bryzoan to me. 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jggordo Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Hey jggordo, Our posts are side by side and neither has received a comment. Is TFF against Minnesotans? Ha ha. I will venture a guess as the fossil aspect is a piece of recepticulite but its unique look leaves me baffled. At least this will bring your post to the front page again. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I really think we need a shot of this when it's dry and with something for scale. The shape seems more fenestrate (bryozoan) than tabulate to me, but it's hard to get a sense of depth and the finer structure of the walls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jggordo Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Thanks Everyone, your all great help. I will add pics of dry specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jggordo Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Here is a dry picture, little bigger than a penny. About 1.2 oz. Holes are rectangular grid like. Thanks for helping,Jim. I couldn't add pictures to post already in forum, sorry I had to create new post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Sorry I can't help you out with the ID, but I can with posting. If you reach your limit, you can reply to your own post. Just click on the "More Reply Options" button in the "Reply to this topic" window. It will be interested to see what the experts say about your find! 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jggordo Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Sorry I can't help you out with the ID, but I can with posting. If you reach your limit, you can reply to your own post. Just click on the "More Reply Options" button in the "Reply to this topic" window. It will be interested to see what the experts say about your find! thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It looks like a old wheat thin...... Sorry I just couldn't resit . I think it might be a ray plate of some kind with out the crushing teeth. TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Jim, I combined your topics again. The advice to use the More Reply Options will allow you to add more images. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It's not the most common presentation, and I'm not sure if it's due to the coralite shape or just the way it's exposed, but I think it is most likely a favositid coral. If you can find anything that looks like it may have been pores through the walls it would help to confirm it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I'm with favositid coral too - a view of the left hand end might help. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jggordo Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Hope these pics help. Thanks jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) Yes, the last one shows the individual corallites in transverse section. Edited September 24, 2015 by TqB 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jggordo Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 So what period of time is this fossil, and did glaciers probably move it to central Minnesota where I found this. Thanks,Jim Thank you all for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) Favositids were very long ranging - Ordovician to Permian - and they all look rather similar to each other. They're not very good index fossils unless someone can recognise the species. Edited September 24, 2015 by TqB 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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