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Can anyone identify this fossil


Stan Simpson

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This may very well be just a rock but it came from the same dredge operation as other pieces I have found near Houston Tx. The only reason I have questions on this piece is that it has round or oval shapes on both ends. It is also very white in color compared to other pieces found. Any help would be appreciated, any ideas?

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Yeah, I agree with DevonianDigger, it looks like a calcite nodule. Those rounded domes are a common formation of calcite.


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That is a close match.

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Just a little disagreement here. I think it is an agate not calcite. The last pictures show a concoidal fracture and appear to have some spherical features beneath the botryoidal area. 

Check the hardness.

 

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Hi,

 

I think more silicate than carbonate. Quartz family for me.

 

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