ilovethebeatles Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I found a piece of gravel today that looked very different from the rest. Is it a fossil or is it just weathered granite? Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Location? Size? 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...
JimB88 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 looks like a coral..but the holes are so perfectly aligned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovethebeatles Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, ynot said: Location? Size? 1 hour ago, JimB88 said: looks like a coral..but the holes are so perfectly aligned. I live in northern Illinois. It's about an inch and a half thick and two inches tall Also, that's what I was thinking. Maybe a beehive?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I will go with a tabulate coral. 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...
Echinoid Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 +1 for coral 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Oh and from that area, most likely fossil. 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...
ilovethebeatles Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 How about a piece of Fisherites? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 was going to say receptaculites 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 This is Fisherites : 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 7 hours ago, ynot said: I will go with a tabulate coral. 7 hours ago, ynot said: Oh and from that area, most likely fossil. If i'm not wrong they disappeared during the Permian extinction, so if your area's age fits, it is a tabulate one. 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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