pambosk Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Ok while separating already cracked limestone slab pieces at a fossilferous area, I found this, it is 30cm one side to the other. Ok the coloring can be fungus or something alive, but the actual design you see, is not flat, it has depths as if carved on the stone. any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 There are a few possibilities I can think of in order of what I think is likely here: 1. Dendrites 2. Other form of mineral staining 3. Some forms of lichen. 3 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 It looks like dendritic manganese on a "hackle fringe" type fracture. 4 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...
pambosk Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 well i dont see any snowflake or frost like elements as dendritic designs are described and shown online, and if it is a fracture, well had to be an enormous one. Also the shape is not higher than the slab's level, it is lower. I should revisit the location, here are some things i found nearby that one: this one has 3 almost parallel height levels, arc shaped. this one has a more dendritic - like design plus burrows leading to a nest? it is interresting how the burrows resemble the other kind of dendrites, the ones we find in nerve cells hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Interesting piece. Some of your close-ups are good but could we see more views of the whole thing with a little better focus to give a better idea of the over-all shape? Also some of us are not familiar with the age of the formations in Cyprus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pambosk Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 6 minutes ago, BobWill said: Interesting piece. Some of your close-ups are good but could we see more views of the whole thing with a little better focus to give a better idea of the over-all shape? Also some of us are not familiar with the age of the formations in Cyprus. my apologies, the area i've been researching the past year is aged between 0.11 to 20 million years . for more on the whole island GEOLOGY OF CYPRUS WEB.pdf my area: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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