probably just a rock, sorry

sure, just tag him

just a rock, sorry

l think it’s probably just a coincidental rock erosion. felines don’t have 3 toes.

true….

awesome! always wanted to explore the microscopic side of paleontology.

guchab is a locality in Namibia, where these minerals are apparently common

the mineral is called dioptase, not dioptas. quite a pretty mineral according to google.

just a rock, sorry

I’m thinking it might be a graptolite

@a-trilobite l feel that the horizontals are too unevenly spaced, and crinoid segments were very tidy and orderly in arrangement, not some that were much thicker than others….

@a-trilobite true, but it is for that reason too that l don’t think it looks much like a crinoid stem either. I’m thinking now that it may be a fibrous plant stem

the average stalactite/stalagmite grows around 1 cm per century, but that is a rough estimation so it can be much more or much less.

some type of coral or sponge…?

well in that case, this is really just an ordinary hunk of wood, and is by no means a fossil.

just a rock, sorry

not an egg, but quite a pretty mineral. @chloe-geddes will identify it for you.

sorry, just a rock.

sorry, just a rock.

sorry, just a rock.