Malone Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Wondered if anyone had seen something like this and if so what would be the correct name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 I don't think those are fossils at all. They look like some sort of mineral growth/precipitation/inclusion. Maybe @ynot will have some thoughts. 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...
ynot Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Small crystals (probably calcite) that formed in a crack between rocks. 1 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...
Malone Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: I don't think those are fossils at all. They look like some sort of mineral growth/precipitation/inclusion. Maybe @ynot will have some thoughts. Thanks for your thoughts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 hours ago, ynot said: Small crystals (probably calcit) that formed in a crack between rocks. Thanks I kinda thought that too but I had never seen them form so sporadically and the oxide combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 33 minutes ago, Malone said: Thanks I kinda thought that too but I had never seen them form so sporadically and the oxide combined. I agree with ynot's suspicion. This type of occurrence is relatively common in thin cracks and crevices. It shows that mineral deposits start with small crystals which then grow and/or multiply until the crack is filled unless some mechanism stops the growth, and then you are left with a group like you have found. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 The texture would be called myrmekitic,if the rock were metamorphic. Beneath :texture from a Sri Lankan carbonatite complex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 On 2/8/2018 at 11:04 PM, doushantuo said: The texture would be called myrmekitic,if the rock were metamorphic. Beneath :texture from a Sri Lankan carbonatite complex Right on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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