texhex
starting to spend too much on rocks
Rocks 10 - TexHex 2
Member since August 2023
Posts: 149
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Post by texhex on Aug 22, 2023 4:56:16 GMT -5
I noticed you are from San Antonio. I live in Bastrop County. The area I live in is very sandy, and I was told by individuals working in the State Park, that my area of the county was under water at one point in the history of the earth. I do not live near the State Park. Areas of my property are so sandy; you think you are at the beach. My cousin owns land between Dime, Texas and Lexington, Texas. He even has more sand than I do. I write all the above, because it would make sense of the direction you are in with this rock. That being thoughts that it might be coral. All this area was a massive sea long ago, which is where all the limestone comes from- billions of dead micro sea critters settled to the sea floor over millions of years. So we have found clams as big as a fist, fish fossils, sponge and coral fossils…there was even a small mosasaurus fossil outside of town dug up during the building of an apartment complex. That’s why we like to search construction digs and find interesting things. It’s really cool. WOW..... your last last message is an eye opener and does entice me into wanting to search construction digs. { as if we do not have any at all in the central TX area } hahahahahaha.....
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Post by velodromed on Aug 22, 2023 6:09:50 GMT -5
All this area was a massive sea long ago, which is where all the limestone comes from- billions of dead micro sea critters settled to the sea floor over millions of years. So we have found clams as big as a fist, fish fossils, sponge and coral fossils…there was even a small mosasaurus fossil outside of town dug up during the building of an apartment complex. That’s why we like to search construction digs and find interesting things. It’s really cool. WOW..... your last last message is an eye opener and does entice me into wanting to search construction digs. { as if we do not have any at all in the central TX area } hahahahahaha..... Freeways being built are excellent and roads where they cut through rock, you can see the different geologic layers of time. Creeks and streams are a really good one sometimes. There’s some small streams around here that are loaded with fossils. There is an area not too far away that is known for fossils being straight all over the ground, but it’s slipping my mind. I need to ask my mom, she knows because we used to have family living along some those creeks. I remember years ago hunting for fossils there, and it was just amazing how many there were.
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Post by velodromed on Aug 22, 2023 8:03:32 GMT -5
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Post by velodromed on Aug 22, 2023 8:04:58 GMT -5
Ok cool it worked. You can see the lines running up and down, kind of reminded me of your piece.
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Post by rmf on Aug 23, 2023 18:43:05 GMT -5
Nice fossil coral. As far as the first pic I would call that a psuedo-fossil. This looks like fine Sandstone which may have had so additional silica in the form of chert that has cemented it together so it looks like a fossil but is a weathering artifact.
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Post by velodromed on Aug 23, 2023 19:04:45 GMT -5
Nice fossil coral. As far as the first pic I would call that a psuedo-fossil. This looks like fine Sandstone which may have had so additional silica in the form of chert that has cemented it together so it looks like a fossil but is a weathering artifact. Thanks! Very interesting about the sandstone. Makes sense.
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