JIMMFinsman Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 One of my best beach finds here in Delaware. Curious as to how old and strange that the shell develop these green crystalline flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Looks like pyrite, to me. Found on a Delaware beach? Seems odd, as this looks like a Paraspirifer from the Silica Shale in Ohio. 2 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...
JIMMFinsman Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 Yes I found this about 15 yrs ago on Rehoboth Beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted coulianos Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 (edited) Unless someone tossed a pyritized Paraspirifer bownockeri from the Devonian Silica Shale of Ohio into the Atlantic as a joke for some poor soul to "discover", there is no way this is from Delaware. Wrong age, wrong place, wrong everything.......: Edited April 29 by ted coulianos 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Someone dropped it there, then. 2 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...
Rockwood Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 43 minutes ago, ted coulianos said: Unless someone tossed a pyritized Paraspirifer bownockeri from the Devonian Silica Shale of Ohio into the Atlantic as a joke for some poor soul to "discover", there is no way this is from Delaware. Wrong age, wrong place, wrong everything.......: Another explanation might be that it was discarded in ships ballast. It was common for sailing vessels to do that before taking on one way cargo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I'm not seeing the green color very well in these photos, but I just wanted to say that glauconite can also cause that color. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Cropped and Brightened: 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...
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