Rockpit Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 (edited) I went on my first ever fossil hunting trip at Mazonia Lakes last week. I found a few fossils in what I think is limestone and chert (?) and a few possible concretions. I hit this one with a hammer and it opened easily. I have been trying to identify what it is by looking online. Thanks for your help. Edited July 24, 2017 by Rockpit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Pyrite (or siderite)- yes. Pyrite sun - no. 1 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...
Rockpit Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 These are some photos of the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Looks like pyrite to me as well. Pyrite suns are usually flat and somewhat circular like these. Welcome to the forum! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I think you're right about the "pyrite sun". picture from here " 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...
Ludwigia Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 It's part of a globular pyrite concretion. See below. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 What about a partial Marcasite ball ? 1 " 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...
Chase_E Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Though I do think it looks like some sort of pyrite, it couldn't be a pyrite sun. Though you are in the right state, suns are almost exclusively found in Randolph county. It also couldn't be a pyrite sun because they are only found in coal mines in that area. Though not a pyrite sun, that specimen does look like a very cool piece of pyrite! Here is an example of one of the pyrite suns I own. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockpit Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Thanks for all the great replies! Of course now I had to go look up siderite, and marcasite balls and globular concretions. If it is marcasite, should I worry it will disintegrate? I put it in a Ziploc bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 5 minutes ago, Rockpit said: I put it in a Ziploc bag. Many plastics have sulphur in them which will accelerate pyrite rot. 1 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...
Rockpit Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 So much for that idea. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 3 hours ago, Chase_E said: Though I do think it looks like some sort of pyrite, it couldn't be a pyrite sun. Though you are in the right state, suns are almost exclusively found in Randolph county. It also couldn't be a pyrite sun because they are only found in coal mines in that area. Though not a pyrite sun, that specimen does look like a very cool piece of pyrite! Here is an example of one of the pyrite suns I own. Nice fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Abyssunder could also be right with marcasite. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiling Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I think this should be moved to the minerals section? Keep looking! They're everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 That is definitely pyrite and that area has a lot of it. You also mentioned that you found fossils in limestone, those are also found out there and were brought South with the glaciers- you will also find a lot of nice glacial erratics- some extremely large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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