Fossil Marble

[ewurm]

I work in the flooring business, and we also sell countertops. These pics are of slabs destined for countertops. Marble is basically a sedimentary metamorphosed rock, and as such, it is common to find fossils in it. These are specifically singled out for the many fossils they contain.

 

[fishrmann2]

Neato

 

[cburkhart78]

Thanks for sharing.Does a customer pay more for this marble(probably a dumb question)?

 

[ewurm]

The cone shapes you see are apparently some primitive form of squid, but Oddball maybe able to elaborate. I looked for shark teeth, but didn't see any. I did see some great marble in a fantastic wavy blue coloration, which will be my bathroom when I have currency to exchange for it and a place I don't rent. Pics of that next time.

 

[ewurm]

Thanks for sharing.Does a customer pay more for this marble(probably a dumb question)?

Yes, it commands a premium price, although my typical customer (women) is freaked out by the fact that their is a squid or snail in their counter, fossilized or not.

 

[Oddball]

That's a classic devonian marble from Morocco. The primary fossils in this material are Orthoceras (straight cephalopod/baculite) and Goniatites (coiled cephalopod/ammonite). These fossils are OK for aquarium use however, there will be some slight buffering effect. I use them in tanks with neutral to alkaline tolerant species. In high alkaline tanks I use Texas cretaceous "marble" limestone boulders and slabs.

 

[WyldFya]

That would be pretty cool to have.

 

[ewurm]

Thanks for the info, Oddball

 

[fishnutham]

Thats cool i never new fossils were in marble thanks for sharing ..

 

[Oddball]

I looked for shark teeth, but didn't see any.

The time these animals were alive was the time of the first fish to have moveable jaws. The majority of shark species then were very small in size. They did leave behind teeth, vertebrae, and scutes/spines but, many of these were only millimeters in size.