local corral take 2

[kewlimages]

like it says local for me. anyone seen any thing like it?

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[helens]

Interesting looking! The colors look like Gary Green... maybe it's a petrified root in the petrified gary green bog?

[jamesp]

Where did you find it?In the ocean?

[kewlimages]

I find them up in the mountains digging in the dirt. There is so much color variation on them to. Some have bigger knobs. I was wondering in anyone would like to do some trading on these. I have a bit of it and am always interested in others collections. Let me know if you are interested. I did a trade of sorts last week with Steve. I thought that worked out well.

[jamesp]

Well it is interesting.Are you sure it is coral?

[Fossilman]

PM'ed you............

[kewlimages]

I have been told it's Greenwater Corral Fossil by the local rock shop. They actually have some in stock for sale. I like collecting my own tho.

[jamesp]

Interesting coral

[kewlimages]

Here's what they look like slabbed.

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[jamesp]

If you get a chance to post more help yourself:>That is orbish and this forum seems to be crazy abut orbs.Mel needs to see that material or you could post it in Rock Identification Cat so others can see it for their opinions.
Just saying,that is a very special looking material and it needs to be out there.
Plus i am partial to coral and i have tried to stop posting too much of mine:>.

[helens]

Oooh! I LOVE THIS!!!!

[paulshiroma]

Dropped you a PM. Neat looking stuff!

[kewlimages]

Thank you for the suggestions Jamesp.
How would one go about linking pictures in several different areas?
I posted 4 different stones that I slabbed out on slabs and saws called fossils slabs. Also the little thunder eggs that I find near here posted in one of the tumbling places as little strones. They are fun. Never thought to put in Rock Identification. Orbs let me take more of the little ones they have so may different shapes and colors.

[deb193redux]

I'm not really seeing coral. It looks liker small t-eggs in matrix. I wonder if the local shop got the ID wrong.

T-eggs would have been in a volcanic flow that should have buried any existing coral bed. Very surprised to hear of t-eggs and fossil coral on the same level, but I guess it could happen at the edge of a flow.

[jamesp]

I agree that those are very unusual for coral.

The best category is"Rock Identification Library".The best way is for you to post a new subject under that category and post the pics like you did so successfully in fossils.

[Sabre52]

Daniel nailed it. Washington locals call it Thunderegg Matrix. There is a good site by the Little Naches River, Washington. Not a fossil. Unfortunately, many rock shops make stuff up to make material sound more exciting or because they simply do not know what something is and want to sound astute*L*. Can't believe any geologist would be that off target as that country is all volcanic rocks. It's actually a conglomerate of small thundereggs in vari-colored rhyolite matrix. My wife's sister has a ranch nearby and I've dug one of the sites several times. The t-egg matrix stuff is in decomposed volcanic ash beds not far from several Washington T-egg dig sites. I should even have a map to the location somewhere in my notebooks....Mel

[kewlimages]

Thanks for all the help. I was going to take a couple of slabs down to the shop along with my nest (fossils) back to the rock shop and have them take a look. I agree they make up names to sell it.