Taedra Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 This is the part I found, I know that I know the outside of this geode or rock or whatever from some thing, but I can’t find it... marine fossils....? Didn’t know if corals could be geodes if it is a coral, by all my posts on here everybody knows I don’t know what I’m doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taedra Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Outside and inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 This appears to me to be purely mineral, although I'm not sure which. Calcite or quartz probably. Can't quite make out the crystal habit. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taedra Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Found it beekite rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rockwood Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 8 minutes ago, Taedra said: Found it beekite rings I don't think so. I think it's basically calcite. I wouldn't rule out algae, but I can't really identify it as such. Calcite should react (fizz) to an acid like vinegar. Beekite would not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Geode I can see quartz crystals when I blow up the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taedra Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 No reaction in vinegar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Still say geode. The outside shell has mainly worn away leaving the interior. Nice looking one too when cleaned up. I may have seen one or two in my time... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Where was it found? Could be a midwestern sedimentary type geode, which started as a fossil and got distorted. I do not see any features to indicate what it started as. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Taedra said: Found it beekite rings 57 minutes ago, Rockwood said: I don't think so. I think it's basically calcite. I wouldn't rule out algae, but I can't really identify it as such. Calcite should react (fizz) to an acid like vinegar. Beekite would not. There are definitely some beekite rings that formed on the outside of the item. 1 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...
Taedra Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Found in southern Missouri... with a lot of other oddities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taedra Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Another similar piece definitely looks like coral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 28 minutes ago, Taedra said: definitely looks like coral I do not see anything to indicate coral.I see a crystal lined void (broken open) that has an iron oxide incrustation (red/yellow areas). Pictures of the other sides may change this opinion. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Not seeing coral either. 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...
Randyw Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 21 minutes ago, ynot said: I do not see anything to indicate coral.I see a crystal lined void (broken open) that has an iron oxide incrustation (red/yellow areas). Pictures of the other sides may change this opinion. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rockwood Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: There are definitely some beekite rings that formed on the outside of the item. I went to a pegmatite mine with my brother last weekend and just haven't been the same since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taedra Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Is that a normal amount to come out? all that red crystal “clay like” stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 36 minutes ago, Taedra said: Is that a normal amount to come out? From My understanding they are usually free from the iron oxides which tend to form in them when they get cracked (long before discovery by a person). Because of the nature of these type of geodes it is often impossible to determine what it started as, this is because all of the features used to make an ID are gone or greatly distorted. They can have some very nice crystals along with the quartz. 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...
hemipristis Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Taedra said: Found in southern Missouri... with a lot of other oddities An area known for both quartz geodes and limetone/dolomite strata. Looks like a quartz geode to me, if it does not fizz and scratches glass. Nifty finds 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, ynot said: From My understanding they are usually free from the iron oxides which tend to form in them when they get cracked (long before discovery by a person). 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taedra Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Well all of these are packed with it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 7 hours ago, Taedra said: Well all of these are packed with it ... After they form and when they are in the process of being pushed to the surface they can be cracked enmass from geologic forces. If there is a lot of iron in the overlying rock it will leach through the cracks and fill any voids present. The iron oxide can be removed with products like "iron out". 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...
mikeymig Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Very cool rocks. No fossil corals were harmed in these pics Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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