Emeline Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Hello! My kids found this today in our church parking lot. It looks just like honeycomb and the stone it is in is very sparkly. Could it be fossilized honeycomb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Welcome to the forum. This appears to be a tabulate coral. Here is an example from the Smithsonian for comparison. 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Welcome to The Fossil Forum! I definitely agree with Kane...tabulate coral. Tell your kids to keep looking! They have good eyes! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 looks like Favosites. 2 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I agree! Textbook Favosites (tabulate coral). Nice piece, and a great way to start their fossil collection! Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth929 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I have some fossil corals that are sparkly too, I had someone here tell me what it usually is but I have forgotten. Nice looking find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I agree! Honeycomb coral. link " 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...
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