hndmarshall Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 found west of Houston in Brookdhire in gravel load from Brazos River at first I thought it was a piece of turtle shell then perhaps a piece of corral but when I looked at it through a microscope ???? I went online and looked around found something similar but its modern horseshoe crab eggs???...could this be eggs from a very old horseshoe crab? but I think they are smaller...or perhaps something else? it is slightly curved...the clutch is flat about a 1/4 th inch think and an inch in width this is the first thing like this that I had found. if its eggs they don't seem to be on anything just a solid crystallized mass. have also included a pic of horseshoe crab eggs for comparison. a few of the pix I took of them wet others dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 They look like oolites/Oolitic limestone. 2 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...
daves64 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I agree. 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...
hndmarshall Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 well its not what I thought but it is interesting.....I find the weirdest things 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sTamprockcoin Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 If you're not highly attached to the piece it might be very pretty polished. “Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do not comprehend.” N. Steno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I agree with Tim! They look to be ooids. Here are nice in-situ examples from the Late Meotian - Pontian of Jitia de Jos, Romania, resembling your specimen. excerpt from D. C. Jipa & A. Cehlarov. 2017. Calcareous ooid formation in clay-dominated, transgressive environment: Dacian Basin, Upper Neogene (Romania). Geo-Eco-Marina 23: 5-23 " 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...
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