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Found in Michigan, recently, I came across coal and shale full of flecks along a river full of carboniferous fossils and stones. Much of the coal will still have bits of visible calamites within them, if it helps. I don't have much experience with pyrite, but have with chalcopyrite. The coal I believe is effected by chalcopyrite by the outside looks but the inclusions are more pale, silvery-gold in some areas rather than a deep gold, brown, or iridescence. Is this likely just chalcopyrite, or can the two grow together like this? Are there other ways I can tell whether it is pyrite vs a yellow/gold chalcopyrite, in general? (Apologies for the pic quality, the water was reflecting the shines off the inclusions and was hard for the camera to focus on the whole thing.)
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Strange object found at Charmouth Beach (Jurassic Coast Line)
Bernadette posted a topic in Fossil ID
Dear Fossil-Community! Maybe you could help me identifying a strange object I've found at Charmouth Beach (Jurassic Coast, Dorset, United Kingdom) in December 2019. It is about 10cm long, covered in fool's gold and weights 172g. Its edges are quite straight, but on the narrow sides you can see foldings. I've attached some photos to this thread. Do you have any idea what this object could be? I am very thankful for your help and any suggestions. Kind regards Bernadette- 13 replies
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Saturday was a nice day to hunt in the carboniferous of Northern France First site with a Lepidodendron plate,Pecopteris plate,Alethopteris frond,
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From the album: Penn_Dixie_Quarry_Blasdell_New_York
Another view of the fools gold.-
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From the album: Penn_Dixie_Quarry_Blasdell_New_York
When the sun came out, mid-afternoon, I noticed a glimmer in certain portions of the Windom shale. Upon closer inspection I noticed pyrite, nicknamed "fools gold." One of the park guides showed us a fairly large pyritized rock next to where I recovered these two chunks.-
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