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Been trying to help someone who found these in backyard. 

My expertise on corals is limited to the ancient.

I know these can resemble some older material but I believe all are recent.

Ant thoughts?

 

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I'm not too hot on this more recent stuff either, but I'm fairly certain the first one is a fossil sponge. 

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On ‎11‎/‎4‎/‎2018 at 5:17 AM, Tidgy's Dad said:

I'm not too hot on this more recent stuff either, but I'm fairly certain the first one is a fossil sponge. 

Nope, all of them are corals.

I tried to help her but she's pretty insistent these are ancient.

I had told her they were nothing more than surf worn recent corals.

Most likely picked up along Florida beach kept in an aquarium and dumped out when cleaning tank.

They were found in her back yard along with other assorted specimens.

She did not like my answer.

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20 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

They look more like calcareous algae to me.

Calcareous algae? You got any examples you can show us?

In hand these look like some of the material we find along the Padre Island beaches.

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15 minutes ago, bone2stone said:

Calcareous algae? You got any examples you can show us?

As soon as I charge my camera battery.

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I thought they are cauliflower and broccoli. :hearty-laugh:

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