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Strange rock(?) ID please.

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  • 01-12-2015 11:27pm
    #1
    Cul a cnoic
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I have no idea as to what this rock is but having seen the orbicular granite near me here in Donegal that MeteoritesEire posted a thread on two years ago, I know strange rocks exist.

    This rock was found by a friend on the beach in Louisburgh, Co Mayo. It appears as there are veins\tubes running through it and then I was thinking that it maybe some type of fossil but google is not throwing up anything similar.

    Any help in identifying it would be much appreciated.

    Thanks.


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    Step23
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭Step23


    Hi,

    Its a fossilised colonial coral in carboniferous limestone.

    Stephen


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    #3
    Cul a cnoic
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Cul a cnoic


    Step23 wrote: »
    Hi,

    Its a fossilised colonial coral in carboniferous limestone.

    Stephen

    Thanks very much Stephen, found this link from searching your answer. Thanks again.


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    Step23
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭Step23


    No problem, happy to help!

    Stephen


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