[Rockhounds] ID help

Axel Emmermann axel.emmermann at pandora.be
Tue Jul 15 09:10:18 PDT 2008


I have seen those in stalactites... We call them "druipgaten" in Dutch,
which would roughly translate as "drip holes".
Is this from a hot spring (or where one used to be)? 

Axel

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> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens Lawrence Rush
> Verzonden: dinsdag 15 juli 2008 16:57
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> Onderwerp: [Rockhounds] ID help
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> Help.......all you Paleontologists...
> 
> Is this an Aragonite concretion or an example of worm tubes? 
> I'm leaning toward the concretion origin, but would like a 
> professional opinion.
> 
> (Note the centered holes in each of the "tubes")
> 
> thanks....Larry
> 
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