SPG Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Note the tiny little swirls in the object, what could this be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Cropped and Brightened... I've got nothing. 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...
Shellseeker Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Very difficult. The Gulf of Mexico and sand erodes fossils. My first impression is a dolphin earbone- periodic that has been eroded & polished The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Hi, i suppose you found it in Florida, could you precise us on what beach ? Could you also take more pics from the angles ? "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Mexico Beach area Northern Fla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiling Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Could it be a piece of obsidian? Keep looking! They're everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 6 hours ago, fossiling said: Could it be a piece of obsidian? I looked up obsidian, I think you are right. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Kinda my thoughts too--looked so glassy. Bone would never be quite this shiny (other than enamel from teeth). What appears to be a small bluish circle in the first photo I'm assuming is an artifact of the lighting in the photo and doesn't look this color in reality. I'm no geologist (nor to I play one on TV) but it would seem odd to me to find obsidian in the Florida Panhandle near Panama City. Could this possibly be something from some industrial process that found its way to the beach? Cool looking piece--I'd have picked it up too. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 the swirls do look like that for real, why I held onto it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiling Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 On Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 11:15 PM, digit said: Kinda my thoughts too--looked so glassy. Bone would never be quite this shiny (other than enamel from teeth). What appears to be a small bluish circle in the first photo I'm assuming is an artifact of the lighting in the photo and doesn't look this color in reality. I'm no geologist (nor to I play one on TV) but it would seem odd to me to find obsidian in the Florida Panhandle near Panama City. Could this possibly be something from some industrial process that found its way to the beach? Cool looking piece--I'd have picked it up too. Cheers. -Ken probably. I've seen tar containing small bits of obsidian on it. Keep looking! They're everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 A sharper close up image would help although that is always difficult, but those circular forms in the second image may be small fossils...kinda look like tiny ammonoids. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Consider anthracite coal. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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