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Identity HelpMore rudists?

18th Apr 2024 16:50 UTCStefan M.

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From  a parking lot gravel pile. Cellular structure seems to be almost completely gone, unlike in the last specimen.  Entire stone is composed of these structures...which I do believe are geopetals?


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18th Apr 2024 16:52 UTCStefan M.

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"broken side"

18th Apr 2024 16:55 UTCStefan M.

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"top"

19th Apr 2024 18:39 UTCStefan M.

Bump

20th Apr 2024 15:06 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager

Looks like bivalves to me but uncertain about rudists or more detailed classification, you would probably need a fossil expert to take a look in person.

20th Apr 2024 18:25 UTCStefan M.

Probably. Last piece had much better preserved texture. This one...some crystallization seems to have occurred.

23rd Apr 2024 01:30 UTCGregg Little 🌟

Stefan M.  ✉️

Cellular structure seems to be almost completely gone, unlike in the last specimen.  Entire stone is composed of these structures...which I do believe are geopetals?
 I assume you mean the cellular structure in the shell, and if so, it is not unusual that the shell is recrystallized, particularly by calcite or dolomite.  I don't see geopetal structure although one of the shells could have internal crystal precipitation (second photo, top part).  In geopetal structures you need to see sedimentary features like micrite (lime mud) settling by gravity inside a shell with a flat surface spanning the void space created by the shell showing which way is "up". 

23rd Apr 2024 03:31 UTCStefan M.

Should be micrite, yes. Although variable,  it is mohs softer and smooth

23rd Apr 2024 20:39 UTCGregg Little 🌟

Stefan M.  ✉️

it is mohs softer and smooth
Micrite is a fine grained calcite (limestone) with minor insoluble components like clay.  It should have about the same hardness as other types of limestone unless the clay content is substantial and grading towards a marlstone.  The classic calcareous marlstone is about 50/50 clays and other insolubles to calcite.  Because of its very fine grain size, or crystallinity, it will weather smooth as seen in your pebble or break with a smooth and conchoidal-like fracture .
 
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