Notidanodon Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 i picked these up seperately the horse tooth in italy and the corals in barbados a few years ago, i was just wondering if they are fossils or modern as as far as i know the places where i was weren't known for fossils but the look kind of like fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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caldigger Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 All look modern to me. These are especially delicious in a bowl with milk! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Ok thanks I thought that that would be the answer it's just that the honeycomb coral looked as if it was mineralised as there were small crystals and some parts had reflective surfaces like quartz so I was just wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 20 minutes ago, will stevenson said: i picked these up seperately the horse tooth in italy Not a horse tooth but a cow tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 2 hours ago, caldigger said: All look modern to me. These are especially delicious in a bowl with milk! You might break a tooth on that honeycomb, Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Don't they sell "Extra Crunchy"?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 2 hours ago, will stevenson said: Ok thanks I thought that that would be the answer it's just that the honeycomb coral looked as if it was mineralised as there were small crystals and some parts had reflective surfaces like quartz so I was just wondering If the honeycomb coral has crystals it could be agatized, which means it would be considered a fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 For comparison: 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 They might not be fossils, but they're still a cool find. I would display these with their fossil relatives. Would be interesting to compare the differences through evolution. ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 thanks everyone for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 17 hours ago, Bronzviking said: You might break a tooth on that honeycomb, Lol. ha lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Is it true? " Tectonic forces raised the seafloor until coral reefs could form - and continued to raise the entire area out of the water. The whole base of the island is an ancient coral reef." - as stated here " 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...
Notidanodon Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 hour ago, abyssunder said: Is it true? " Tectonic forces raised the seafloor until coral reefs could form - and continued to raise the entire area out of the water. The whole base of the island is an ancient coral reef." - as stated here So you think the coral From. Barbados is fossilized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 58 minutes ago, will stevenson said: So you think the coral From. Barbados is fossilized? You have not specified the geological settings of your find, so there could be no conclusion. 1 " 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...
Bronzviking Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 22 minutes ago, abyssunder said: You have not specified the geological settings of your find, so there could be no conclusion. I just googled this info if this helps. Geology of Barbados. The geology of Barbados includes exposures of reef-related carbonate rocks spanning 85 percent of the island's surface. This Coral Rock Formation is 70 meters thick and dates to the Pleistocene. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 The fossil coral fauna reported from Barbados contains: Acropora cervicornis Acropora palmata Montastraea annularis (Orbicella annularis) Montastraea cavernosa Montastraea nancyi (Orbicella nancyi) Porites porites Diploria sp. 2 " 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...
Notidanodon Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 19 hours ago, abyssunder said: You have not specified the geological settings of your find, so there could be no conclusion. south coast on a beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 18 hours ago, Bronzviking said: I just googled this info if this helps. Geology of Barbados. The geology of Barbados includes exposures of reef-related carbonate rocks spanning 85 percent of the island's surface. This Coral Rock Formation is 70 meters thick and dates to the Pleistocene. ok thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Considering that Pleistocene sea-levels were as much as 300 feel lower than today, all the Barbadian corals exposed today must be fossils. I don't know the condition of the coral since the end of the Pleistocene, but I've never heard of a living "Barbadian coral reef." 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 On 04/12/2018 at 6:56 PM, Harry Pristis said: Considering that Pleistocene sea-levels were as much as 300 feel lower than today, all the Barbadian corals exposed today must be fossils. I don't know the condition of the coral since the end of the Pleistocene, but I've never heard of a living "Barbadian coral reef." oh no there are lots of actual corals there i have found several beautiful purple fan corals washed up on the beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 1 hour ago, will stevenson said: oh no there are lots of actual corals there i have found several beautiful purple fan corals washed up on the beach Fan corals, Will, are not reef-builder corals. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 20 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: Fan corals, Will, are not reef-builder corals. oh ok i just thought that they would grow on the calcite base of other corals in a reef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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