Please Help

[sclives]

Hello I am new to the is hobby and need some help identifying this natural Formation.

 

After a thorough inspection I can't help but wondering if this is some kind of crystalized skull/Head.

Looking at the nose area I can see were the small holes go into the sinus area.

 

Note the back looks to be severed and you can see the brain area, not to mention the deep set eye sockets you can see on one side the ear formation.

 

I know this sounds bizarre but seeing is believing can anyone see what I'm seeing and please help with any thoughts. Thank you.

 

 

[Ludwigia]

Pure pareidolia. This is either a calcite or quartz crystal aggregate. If it fizzes in vinegar then it's calcite, if not, it's quartz. No need for location or stratigraphy which is normally asked for here since this is obvious.

[TqB]

Quartz I believe, from the crystal shape.

[Fossildude19]

No bilateral symmetry. No bone shapes or textures. Nor do I see any kind of skull morphology. 

This is a crystal rock, probably quartz.  Not a skull of any kind.

[RJB]

When I first started fossil hunting I met a person who also just started fossil hunting.   I could not understand how just about everything she saw was some kind of fossil?  I hadn't heard of the word 'pareidolia' before but that was exactly what she was practicing.   Sorry Sclives, but you are trying way to hard to try and see something that is not there.   Its like looking at the clouds and seeing all kinds of things, dragons head, human face, turtle, whatever, but they are still just clouds.  Best of luck to ya though

 

RB

[trilobites_are_awesome]

This is quartz.

Edited December 6, 2023 by trilobites_are_awesome

[Coco]

22 hours ago, sclives said:

seeing is believing

I don’t agree with that statement. Seeing, it’s subject to interpretation, and here it is.

 

20 hours ago, TqB said:

Quartz I believe, from the crystal shape.

And we don’t see the usual cleavage patterns on calcite.

 

Coco

Edited December 7, 2023 by Coco

[rocket]

Quarz. Crystal structure shows it definitely. I optimized one pic a bit, perhaps this helps

 

[Coco]

This photo is not sharp enough to make a difference. To chemically differentiate between quartz and calcite, we put a little pure vinegar on a crystal or a broken face and look at what is happening. If it bubbles it’s calcite and you have to rinse right away, if nothing happens it’s quartz.

 

Coco