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Coral?, dunno....dunno.


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I found these in a local  Austin creek.

I think one is coral but I'm not sure what the other two are. Any ideas?

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I agree with Roger's assessment.

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The third one could be a weathered echinoid.

" 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. "

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I suspect the second one may be pyrite, the center being where a larger crystal has weathered away.

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I think the first item is an ichnofossil called Entobia.

 

" Typically a pebble or shell that has been affected by this kind of sponge infestation will have a series of regular-shaped circular holes on the surface. These holes may cover the entire surface of the object in severe infestation. Sometimes there are only a few holes when the sponge is just starting to colonise the pebble. These may appear as a single row of holes with a range of increasing size. There may be inter-connected surface lines or grooves which look like the impressions of rows of beads.

Below the surface, deeper down inside the pebble, the sponge creates a fairly hap-hazard network of spaces that resembles bubbles or an irregular sort of honeycomb. This inner damage is revealed when the outer surface of a badly sponge-infested pebble is either broken or worn away. " - Jessica Winder

 

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" 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

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