Misha Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Recently re discovered a bunch of these things that we got from the Canary Islands. They were all washed up on the beaches and they do not look stricktly geological to me and looks kind of like some kind of modern calcified organism or trace of one. I stumbled upon a book at some point, I believe it was called Darwin's Fossils that said these were some kind of remains of algae that have fossilized, but when I looked that up there was no evidence I could find supporting this claim, maybe someone else knows what these things could be? Any new insight is appreciated, Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Colony of tube worms, I think. And I agree modern not fossil, probably. 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I would call it "Rolling Stone". These kind of mobile carbonate concretions or nodules may have different names, like Bryolith (bryozoans), Balanulith (barnacles), Serpulith (tube worms), Rhodolith (coralline algae), Corallith (corals), Ostreolith (oysters), or they may have combined elements. 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...
fifbrindacier Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 46 minutes ago, abyssunder said: I would call it "Rolling Stone". These kind of mobile carbonate concretions or nodules may have different names, like Bryolith (bryozoans), Balanulith (barnacles), Serpulith (tube worms), Rhodolith (coralline algae), Corallith (corals), Ostreolith (oysters), or they may have combined elements. I like very much your description. I should label it "Rolling stony mix". "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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