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I just split a Triassic shale piece from Thurmont, Maryland and I found these weird twin dots. Raindrop impressions are known from this formation but they are next to each other, any Ideas?

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Mason

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No, ... raindrop imprints usually cover the slab. With just 2 I would call it a trace fossil. 

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    Tim    -  VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

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@Fossildude19 Any idea what type? Or is it just to small.

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it is just too small for me.

Tim is right though, raindrops cover larger areas.

 

Maybe a burrow of some sort?

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Hmmm...guess that goes in the question mark bin. Thanks for the help though. :)

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Ive seen a heck of alot of 'raindrops', and those just dont look like rain drops?

 

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One more thing, just found this on completely different rock, locks like the same thing just negative. Any yellow is spider eggs BTW.

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How were the pyrite spots determined to be spider eggs?

 

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@Fossildude19  your probably right, I couldn't find my magnifying glass, I just assumed they were because they were the same size as the unbroken brown ones (I thought the pyrite was unbroken ones). So in short Shhhhhhhh! They didn't! :)

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I having a hard time with this thread and what was concluded. 1st photos appeared to be some type of mineral//first guesses that came to mind were maybe something like garnet or  pyrite....almost see octahedral shapes....Are we now saying all of the specimens are indeed small pyrite crystals?

 

A 2nd and sometimes a 3rd look under better light is always enlightening. I've brought home some quite nice concrete and asphalt chunks and all kinds of things of other things I swore were something else..Regards, Chris 

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@Plantguy we were just talking about the pyrite inclusion I made the silly mistake of thinking we're spider eggs, but the thread is about the circular bumps in the case of the first two and indents on the second two.

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Ok, Seems like its all pyrite related then? I've seen some sediments that flake off in spots as the pyrite grows and degrades. Regards, Chris 

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