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Rockwood Regular Member

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1 hour ago, ynot said:

Looks like tourmaline to Me, where does the pyrite come in?

Either way , this rock looks nothing like BLT's piece to Me. First off it is not limestone.Second is the straightness of Your example does not fit the tapering curve seen in Her piece.

The only thing I could find this time that seemed to match is black turmoline. It's been years since I found and identified it on the internet. Who knows what I stumbled onto.

The rock mine is in is very reactive in vinegar, and I'm pretty sure it was a layer in a very fossiliferous boulder.

They aren't the same no, but they are more alike than not. 

 

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6 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

The only thing I could find this time that seemed to match is black turmoline. It's been years since I found and identified it on the internet. Who knows what I stumbled onto.

The rock mine is in is very reactive in vinegar, and I'm pretty sure it was a layer in a very fossiliferous boulder.

They aren't the same no, but they are more alike than not. 

 

Tourmaline is a high temperature mineral and can have calcite association, but would not be found in association with limestone, altho they can be found with marble.

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On 10/18/2018 at 12:36 PM, Rockwood said:

The only thing I could find this time that seemed to match

What do You think of the possibility the objects in question are styolites?

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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.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, ynot said:

What do You think of the possibility the objects in question are styolites?

You know @Herb posted something like it a while ago.

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3 hours ago, ynot said:

What do You think of the possibility the objects in question are styolites?

I think they are stylolites

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3 hours ago, westcoast said:

I think they are stylolites

I agree with westcoast on the styolites. The other pieces look like cave or water washed Mississippian limestones

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I guess the consensus is that my rock is Mississippian limestone with styolites. Thanks to all who weighed in with their opinion. ~ Tracey :) 

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