Frank Menser Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Ok... Not something I have really gotten into, except maybe these; Coral Cobra ...but getting back to it...in South Florida it makes up the Lion's share of fossils. Still I think there have got to be some really cool examples out there so let's see em! This beauty is from Tampa Bay and is over a foot across. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Umm, well, I don't have any, but I can hardly wait to see what other people post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoup Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Ok... Not something I have really gotten into, except maybe these; Coral Cobra ...but getting back to it...in South Florida it makes up the Lion's share of fossils. Still I think there have got to be some really cool examples out there so let's see em! This beauty is from Tampa Bay and is over a foot across. Hi Frank. Nice snake. Here are some coral fossils most are from honeymoon island clearwater Fl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoup Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hi Frank. Nice snake. Here are some coral fossils most are from honeymoon island clearwater Fl. Heres a few more. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Nice Corals. I particulary like the second one and the last... Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 (edited) Here are a few of mine. I'll get some pictures of my others later.#1 from Tampa Bay #2 from Suwannee River. Edited October 13, 2009 by worthy 55 1 It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Here are examples of colonial coral and a solitary coral from the Middle Miocene Chipola Formation in the Florida Panhandle: http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) Ok, so I collect aesthetic coral too. A few of my precious agatized babies from Florida: crystalized vapor burnt peanuts tangerine dreams Edited October 13, 2009 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Some of mine.. The first is branching coral I found in the Razorback Quarry, northern AR. Next is colonial coral from a quarry near Rockford, Illinois... It is filled with quartz or possibly calcite.. This is my oddest piece found at Whiskey Bridge, Texas. ID and information below, provided by Mike Murphy It is a scleractinian coral, Endopachys maclurii (Lea, 1833) One more, I think Syringopora Found in Texas... Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figginsdiggins Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 coral from west tenn pictures: coral is a pretty common find for us, not nearly as common as petrified wood here, but we get a new piece 'bout everytime we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I found this sitting on one of the shelves in the Dino room I think it's some type of coral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figginsdiggins Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 this is a pic of my dunno coral. that's some stuff that looks kinda like coral to me, so that's what I been calling it. The big piece at left looks like it could be a crinoid stem, I guess? If you know what they are, please let me know so I can either continue calling them all coral or start calling them something else. Thanks. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) Fantastic specimens chaps !!!.... Unfortunately... im Coral'less... Rozzila.... the branching coral is fantastic, no wonder your well happy with that.... Harry....your fossil photography is the best Ive ever seen.... you work wonders with those images.... FrigginsDiggins...you left hand specimen looks calcified... I bet it would polish up a treat and stand out like a gem ... id leave the rock natural... Edited October 13, 2009 by Terry Dactyll Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskandar Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Polished more than an inch Indonesian Fossil Coral cabochon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Very nice selections, guys. I think your bottom right specimen may be formanifera rather than coral, Figgins, and I agree with Terry that the one may look pretty good polished. Tennessee has a lot of table - top hills that have reef sediment layers several feet thick at the apex. If you can get past the wood ticks there are some great specimens to be had there. We get a bunch of corals from our mid - Devonian limestone hereabouts. I'll scrounge up a pic later today. Love that cabochon, Iskandar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Early pliocene south Spain solitary corals Cyclolites sp. from south-east spanish cretaceous a strange coral/briozoan/sponge? from the northern spanish devonian shale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echinoman Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frank Menser Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) All Right! Some pretty cool stuff here. Here's some from Florida... This one is over 14" across; Not a Coral but a Sponge replaced by crystaline calcite; Kep em coming Y'all! This is an unusual Coral from Gainesville, Fla; Edited October 13, 2009 by Frank Menser Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 All, Here are a few of my favorite corals. JKFoam 1 The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 This whole thread makes me smile and shake my head....over my own foolishness for having thought of coral as "humble". Wonderful stuff folks; keep 'em coming! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figginsdiggins Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Fantastic specimens chaps !!!.... Unfortunately... im Coral'less... Rozzila.... the branching coral is fantastic, no wonder your well happy with that.... Harry....your fossil photography is the best Ive ever seen.... you work wonders with those images.... FrigginsDiggins...you left hand specimen looks calcified... I bet it would polish up a treat and stand out like a gem ... id leave the rock natural... Best way to polish? Low budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figginsdiggins Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Very nice selections, guys. I think your bottom right specimen may be formanifera rather than coral, Figgins, and I agree with Terry that the one may look pretty good polished. Tennessee has a lot of table - top hills that have reef sediment layers several feet thick at the apex. If you can get past the wood ticks there are some great specimens to be had there. We get a bunch of corals from our mid - Devonian limestone hereabouts. I'll scrounge up a pic later today. Love that cabochon, Iskandar. Thanks for the great info, Bear. Here's a little better picture of that bottom right specimen. I googled formanifera this evening. Interesting creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Here is what I have so far. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figginsdiggins Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Wow. Pretty stuff. I know all the different designs and patterns had a purpose other than creating an attractive appearance, but they all feel really nice to my eyes. Were they a kind of filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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