[Rockhounds] Civil War Tombstone

[smkell45 at aol.com]

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From: Alan Goldstein <deepskyspy at insightbb.com>
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Subject: [Rockhounds] Civil War Tombstone










I don't remember whether the post about the civil war headstone was on this or 
the Paleolist.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11062008/news/regionalnews/si_rock_of_ages_137336.htm

I sent the link to Bill Ausich a crinoid expert. He identified it as 
Actinocrinites, probably A. gibsoni. The crinoid is associated with Middle 
Mississippian Crawfordsville-age strata, probably from Indiana. The general's 
tombstone was not made from rock indigenous to New York! 

Alan

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Hi. As I was reading this article I wondered about the ages given for the crinoids.
?Did the 220 million years mean that that species lived  that long and were now extinct? 
I  thought that crinoids were still around?  Anyone know what fossils were identified in  "granite".smkell 




 



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