Rank Amateur Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 I got this as part of an estate. You might notice I've posted a few things from there. Anywhere, I have no idea what this is? Maybe a geologist could hazard a guess. It definitely is a metal of some sort. It has a diameter of 3 inches (7.6 cm). It's thickness is around ⅛" at its thickest point in the center. The edge is sharp enough that this could be used as a weapon in a pinch. I wish I could send you a sidewise photo, too. Notice the shell on the one side. I have another disk like this without the shell. Is this a modern-day man-made creation or was it made by natural forces. Yes, nature sometimes does make fantastic, regular patterns. Could this be one of them? I have no idea on where this came from or how it got to myself prior to the estate. Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Welcome to the forum. Intriguing. You do need to provide as many photographs as possible from all sorts of angles. location is also important but I guess if you obtained it/them from a yard sale that would be impossible John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Looks like a pyrite sun, to me. Naturally formed. 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...
KimTexan Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 It is beautiful whatever it is. I do believe it is naturally occurring and not man made. I’m not a professional, but I believe it is a crystalline structure of some mineral, but I’m not sure which. It is not uncommon for fossils to become highly mineralized during the fossilization process. @ynot May know what it is since he’s into crystals too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Looks like a pyrite sun, but the color is wrong. 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...
KimTexan Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 The color could be partly a lighting issue. He says it is a metal disk so that would help support the pyrite sun idea. Do you think the object that looks a bit like a scallop or sea shell is a fossil or is it just another layer of crystals type formation? It’s a different color so another layer may not be the case. @Rank Amateur may we have another picture of at an offset angle? Maybe if it were on a white or black background the true color might be more easily discernible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, KimTexan said: Do you think the object that looks a bit like a scallop or sea shell is a fossil Part of the pyrite sun, not a fossil. 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...
Herb Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 another vote for pyrite sun "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...
Peace river rat Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 My vote, natural formation, not an expert on pyrite suns, but I weld and cast metals, I see no hand of man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 +1 for pyrite sun. I have a few in my collection. I love them. I was told by the old guy sold me mine that they form in coal seams. They can vary in color. The rainbow ones are especially beautiful. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 natural " 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...
Coco Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Hi, In French we tell that "Dollar marcassite" ! A natural mineral but perhaps it is covered with dust or with limestone (in this last case, rub him with an old toothbrush and some water with vinegar by paying attention to the reaction). Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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