Rocks, Minerals & Fossils photo game

angeldaisy

This is probably waaay too easy for you guys, but I'm not sure what it is myself (only a 2nd yr geog undergrad!) Anyway found this fossil at the weekend and wondered if you could confirm what I think it is please. Thanks

kearneybobs

angeldaisy wrote: »

This is probably waaay too easy for you guys, but I'm not sure what it is myself (only a 2nd yr geog undergrad!) Anyway found this fossil at the weekend and wondered if you could confirm what I think it is please. Thanks

You need to edit the link into your ppost but I was able to get it from the email.
Here is the link.

El Siglo

kearneybobs wrote: »

You need to edit the link into your ppost but I was able to get it from the email.
Here is the link.

I think that's limestone with possibly a bit gypsum.

Is there a fossil present there with the sort of round feature right-of-centre?

slowburner

Is the fossil a jellyfish?

angeldaisy

slowburner wrote: »

Is the fossil a jellyfish?

Nope, El Siglo was right in that its limestone. there are 2 fossils in it, one is the semi-circular white shape and the other is circular with a 'tail' shape

muckish

The one on the right looks like a cross section through an ammonite. THe one on the left looks like some sort of Oyster type bivalve. Fossils were never my strong point in Geology I'm afraid.

slowburner

I'd guess that most folk, even me, would know that it's limestone.
My guess for the smaller of the two fossils is Horseshoe Crab, the second pic is the lesser known variety

angeldaisy

muckish wrote: »

The one on the right looks like a cross section through an ammonite. THe one on the left looks like some sort of Oyster type bivalve. Fossils were never my strong point in Geology I'm afraid.

you're right with the bi-valve and close with the second, its not an ammonite but is a similar shape

angeldaisy

slowburner wrote: »

I'd guess that most folk, even me, would know that it's limestone.
My guess for the smaller of the two fossils is Horseshoe Crab, the second pic is the lesser known variety

that's fab - where did you get that from?? (the 2nd one that is:D)

upinthesky

El Siglo wrote: »

I think that's limestone with possibly a bit gypsum.

Is there a fossil present there with the sort of round feature right-of-centre?

the small white one looks like a snail if you picture it sliced in half

slowburner

angeldaisy wrote: »

that's fab - where did you get that from?? (the 2nd one that is:D)

www

angeldaisy

lisar816 wrote: »

the small white one looks like a snail if you picture it sliced in half

yep, its a sea snail, at least that's what my lecturer identified it as:D

the photo was taken down in Poullsallagh Bay in the Burren, Co. Clare

angeldaisy

slowburner wrote: »

www

huh???

angeldaisy

kearneybobs - thanks for sorting out my picture, what do I need to do? I have another photo I want to upload. thanks

upinthesky

any ideas on this rock?

angeldaisy

Trilobite in sandstone???

upinthesky

angeldaisy wrote: »

Trilobite in sandstone???

yes i'm not sure on the rock it was found in a mount of rubble out the back of the house by my young lad

angeldaisy

lisar816 wrote: »

yes i'm not sure on the rock it was found in a mount of rubble out the back of the house by my young lad

wow thats amazing! will have to start checking all my crap rubble:D

angeldaisy

What about this?

kearneybobs

angeldaisy wrote: »

kearneybobs - thanks for sorting out my picture, what do I need to do? I have another photo I want to upload. thanks

I have no idea why the picture didnt show up in your post but the link for the pic appeared in the notification email that I got for your post. I clicked on the link and it sent me to your picassa album. from there, I right clicked on the image and then clicked 'view image', which brought me to a webpage with just your image.
To add the image to your post you should click on the little yellow image of the mountain up the top above the reply box and paste the url of the image (not of your picassa album) in to the box that pops up.
Hope that helps.

Your latest image is a little small. Cant really make it out.

upinthesky

tried resizing it but it wont work

angeldaisy

Okay let me try again:o

slowburner

angeldaisy wrote: »

that's fab - where did you get that from?? (the 2nd one that is:D)

slowburner wrote: »

www

angeldaisy wrote: »

huh???

Sorry angledaisy, I was trying to be smart with the 'www' thing. I got the horseshoe crab pics from Google images

angeldaisy

slowburner wrote: »

Sorry angledaisy, I was trying to be smart with the 'www' thing. I got the horseshoe crab pics from Google images

I think I was a bit thick there as well:o:o

El Siglo

Sorry Angeldaisy, do you have that picture with something like a pencil or a coin to indicate scale as it's sort of tricky working out the rock type.

As regards the rock, I'm pretty sure it's metamorphic possibly Gneiss.

angeldaisy

El Siglo wrote: »

Sorry Angeldaisy, do you have that picture with something like a pencil or a coin to indicate scale as it's sort of tricky working out the rock type.

As regards the rock, I'm pretty sure it's metamorphic possibly Gneiss.

its approx a 2 ft sq section of a much larger area.
Its not a metaphorphic rock.

kearneybobs

angeldaisy wrote: »

its approx a 2 ft sq section of a much larger area.
Its not a metaphorphic rock.

I was gonna suggest it might be a marble of some sort, but since you ruled out metamorphic rocks.......hmmm.

Step23

The white bands look like quartz. Also looks like it could be part of a dyke? I can see some sort of contact.

angeldaisy

Step23 wrote: »

The white bands look like quartz. Also looks like it could be part of a dyke? I can see some sort of contact.

you're right in that the white band is quartz. not sure that it would be classed as a dyke - but not 100% on that, there has been uplifting though

angeldaisy

you give up??:D:D