Savvas Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Hi to everyone. My grandmother gave me these two, one fossil that she found at the sea here in Greece, and this mineral that she doesn't remember where she found. Can anybody please help me identify them, I am not too sure if the mineral is appropriate for this forum as it is not a fossil. Any help is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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caldigger Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Savvas said: I am not too sure if the mineral is appropriate for this forum as it is not a fossil. It's an old mineral isn't It? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savvas Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 8 minutes ago, caldigger said: It's an old mineral isn't It? Hmmmm let me think.... Yes probably! I believe it might date back to the creation of Earth... or may be it's fake, we will never know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 In that case, @ynot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Hello, The first specimen in question looks to be a modern, or at least Paleogene gastropod , to me, with nice serpulid worm encrustation on it. The second item contains Quartz crystals. 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...
ynot Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Quartz and (likely) epidote for the mineral. 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...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Very nice mineral specimen. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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