New Members dannybrooks Posted July 28, 2009 New Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 Found this while metal detecting in Mid Tennessee....it is beautiful. Can anyone tell me what it is? I found another about a week later and much larger about the size of a cannon ball. I will take a pic of it and post it tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 It is a fossil coral. Don't know the species. Someone else will chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Would need to see a pic magnified about x10-x20 of an individual corallite to determine a specie or family. With that type of silicification, the structure might not be there for a conclusive determination. Your best bet would be to find some literature describing the fauna of the formation in which it was found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members dannybrooks Posted July 28, 2009 Author New Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 Thanks guys....is this a good fossil? Rare? Common?....I love it. I am brand new here so bare with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Thanks guys....is this a good fossil? Rare? Common?....I love it. I am brand new here so bare with me. Its commom in your state but that is a very nice one. Google coral fossils Tenn lots of info. And Welcome to the Forum from Galveston Island. Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bowen Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Definitely a good fossil. Rarity? That depends on where you find it and how many others have been found. I would be more than happy to have found that for my collection. Dave Bowen Collin County, Texas. Paleontology: The next best thing to time travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Real attractive fossil! "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...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I have its twin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I have found similar ones in Kentucky. If you don't want them, box them up and send them to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I am guessing these corals are from the Ordovician?, most of the sedimentary rocks exposed in Mid-Tennessee is from the Ordovician Period. It looks like it belongs to the Genus Favosites, most of these have been lumped into this Genus, recent literature may offer more. These weathered silicified corals do not normally allow you to determine much more than the genus if that. They are fairly common and I have some very large ones myself and use them to decorate my garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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