Fossil spores agate

[brandon tibbetts]

Can someone help me figure out if these are spores on an agate? 

[Coco]

Hi,

 

It’s "a little too" blurry. And the size ? Found where ? A minimum of explanation is needed.

 

Coco

[Mahnmut]

Hi,

most structures that I know under the term "spore" are microscopic in size.

I think what you see are mineral inclusions in the agate, each having grown in concentric layers around a nucleus, thus looking so biological.

Best regards,

J

[brandon tibbetts]

17 hours ago, Coco said:

Hi,

 

It’s "a little too" blurry. And the size ? Found where ? A minimum of explanation is needed.

 

Coco

I’ll try and get better pictures. Thank you 

[daves64]

I'm thinking tiny "dings" in the surface due to multiple impacts from contact with other objects. Simple impact fractures.

[brandon tibbetts]

19 hours ago, Coco said:

Hi,

 

It’s "a little too" blurry. And the size ? Found where ? A minimum of explanation is needed.

 

Coco

 

[brandon tibbetts]

I found it in California Santa Clara area. I thought it was a golf ball and I ground off all the calcium and these are the layers. About an inch or under

[Coco]

Hi,

 

Try to take your photos in natural light, I think it will help you a lot.

 

These small spots make me think of an insect spawn. Is it really included in the mineral ? Is it hard when you touch it with the tip of a needle ?

 

Coco

 

Edited Saturday at 06:43 AM by Coco

[Mahnmut]

Hi again,

please take a look at  the terms rhyolite and ocean jasper, I do not say thats exactly what you got, but close to the kind of mineral structure:

https://www.mindat.org/min-48451.html

https://www.krantz-online.de/en/ocean-jasper/M5558

Best regards,

J

[brandon tibbetts]

On 9/13/2024 at 11:40 PM, Coco said:

Hi,

 

Try to take your photos in natural light, I think it will help you a lot.

 

These small spots make me think of an insect spawn. Is it really included in the mineral ? Is it hard when you touch it with the tip of a needle ?

 

Coco

 

Thank you very much. I tried the needle scrape and I could not scrape any yellow off. It is super hard and is included in the mineral. I will send better photos

[Coco]

OK, thanks. But I can't tell you more information

 

Coco

[Ludwigia]

I'm quite certain that these are not spores, but rather some kind of silicified mineral deposits.