Guest Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Hi, I found this neat little thing near the Naugatuck, Connecticut river that recently flooded and receded from spring storms. Do you think it is a fulgurite, or something more "fossily"? I'll be waiting for your eminent opinions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Here is one more view: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Your pics are a little blurry. Some better shots would help. I don't believe this is a fossil. It looks geological with some form of mineralization. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 It looks like a chert / flint nodule not Fulgurite, to me, if you are referring to that. Usually Fulgurite has a hollow center. " 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...
Guest Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Thank you for your input. I do not have a great camera, only my phone, but after looking at photos of fulgurite, I agree, it is not a fulgurite, and sorry for the initial misspelling. It reminds me of a fossil shell, but filled with green, shiny glass-like material. Could it be anapaite? It resembled the photos, right down to the color of the "glass". I tried to use a macro app, but it may not help anyone to identify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Remind me to invest in a good camera! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 With the new images it looks like it was melted. I'm wondering if couldn't be slag-glass. " 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...
Guest Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Thanks, MOTM, Hmmm, I don't think it is slag-glass, although I see what you mean about it looking melted. The green glassy material is distinct from the tan, scalloped covering, and there is a sharp, even boundary of white around the glassy green "filling". Here is another attempt at a clearer photo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I agree with it being slag. 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...
Rockwood Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Green is it ? Some idiot (see photo at left) posted a hunk of green paint like gunk on here a while ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I'd need better resolution photos of this object before I could venture an opinion. Up to now it would only be guess work for me. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/617/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 fulgeneral(THESIS,prettygood ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 gierAMfluprepri100P1645.pdf A while back i posted Pasek's piece in NATURE,BTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Thanks, MOTM, Hmmm, I don't think it is slag-glass, although I see what you mean about it looking melted. The green glassy material is distinct from the tan, scalloped covering, and there is a sharp, even boundary of white around the glassy green "filling". Here is another attempt at a clearer photo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Okay, so...I understand you cannot tell from my photos what this object is, so I will stop expecting answers, lol. I am also aware that I spelled fulgurite incorrectly. I mentioned it in a response post. I also pointed out that I know it is not a fulgurite; I am only a rank amateur. I think I'll take it to Yale where experts can lay their hands and eyes on it. Then I will come back and "school" y'all on what it is. (Joshing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 7 hours ago, Guest said: I think I'll take it to Yale where experts can lay their hands and eyes on it. Good idea Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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