Gimme Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 This is a unique looking items from my fathe r's collection of (maybe) fossils found in the Eastern part of Massachussetts near coastlines. I was wondering if this is special or even a fossil at all. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GeschWhat Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Oncolites perhaps? 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Welcome to TFF! This does not look fossil to Me. Maybe an oolitic limestone(?) 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...
DPS Ammonite Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 If it is not limestone, (check harhdness) which I do not think that it is, it is orbicular rhyolite/jasper. Quartz and feldspar sometimes crystalize in radiating needles in silicious volcanic rocks. See Google images: https://www.google.com/search?q=orbiculaR+RHYOLITE&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiapcHq2NvcAhWTJHwKHZfiA7QQ_AUICigB&biw=1152&bih=654 See image from Gemgazer.com. 1 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 7 minutes ago, DPS Ammonite said: , it is orbicular rhyolite/jasper. Quartz and feldspar sometimes crystalize in radiating needles in silicious volcanic rocks. I thought that also, but eastern Massachussetts is not known for volcanic rock. 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...
Rockwood Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 25 minutes ago, ynot said: I thought that also, but eastern Massachussetts is not known for volcanic rock Just upwind glacially speaking there is a whole lot of granite. Some of that could have made it to the surface back in the day. This looks igneous, or extremely metamorphic to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Maybe it's a Pisolite (made of Pisoids). Here is a comparative specimen from Arkansas, which is labeled as pisolitic bauxite. 4 " 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...
Rockwood Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Holly jumpin' chertified pisolitic bauxite ! I think he's got something there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: I think he's got something there. Doesn't he usually? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 9 hours ago, Auspex said: Doesn't he usually? Definitely, but try rattling off that phrase when folks are surprised by something and see how long it takes for someone to turn and say 'huh?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 14 hours ago, Rockwood said: Holly jumpin' chertified pisolitic bauxite ! I think he's got something there. Chertified... Wouldn't that make it a chert pseudomorph after pisolitic bauxite? Or would that be Pisolitic bauxite pseudomorph after chert? Try saying that fast... Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 11 hours ago, Auspex said: Doesn't he usually? @Auspex, I would replace usually with ALWAYS!!! At least he ALWAYS amazes me. @Gimme, looks like a great piece to polish! Especially after seeing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 All in all, this is an unusual and fascinating specimen, and I thank @Gimme for bringing it to TFF! 2 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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