Hemimorphite. by blinkings
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Description
Hemimorphite, is a sorosilicate mineral which has been mined from days of old from the upper parts of zinc and lead ores, chiefly associated with smithsonite.
Well done to eric4 for knowing my previous post was of an Ambulocetus! Although Ambulocetus looked like a furry crocodile or a giant otter, it was actually an early whale. Its back legs in particular seemed to be used for propulsion, and its feet had long, probably webbed toes (each ending in a tiny hooflet). Ambulocetus was not as agile in the water as an otter and seems to be adapted for ambushing large prey which it then drowned. Its skull shows adaptations for holding large, struggling prey underwater. Its ear bones also show that it did not have external ears but instead used the same method of hearing as modern whales - picking up vibrations through the jawbone.
Comments (13)
jayfar
A super colour Andrew.
giulband
Nice mineral!!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
durleybeachbum
I LOVE that colour!
ronmolina
Nice!
dakotabluemoon
Love the color of this beautiful jewel nice shot.
Rob2753
Most unusual almost alien looking, great colour and transluscency
Faemike55
Very cool capture of the stone and great information on the creature
MrsRatbag
What a stunning stone! I'd love to have a room-sized one carved to walk into!
netot
That rock looks like a marine animal, very interesting. As to somethingsaurus I love their descendants, are very peaceful and do not have those teeth.
whaleman
Attractive specimen! I realize now that some of the detail that would have ruled out a T-Rex was lost in the bottom of the photo...still, I should have looked more carefully as there were plenty of other indicators!
debbielove
It really is a very beautiful stone...rock (?) Excellently taken mate. Rob
danapommet
Enjoyed the additional images of the Ambulocetus - you saved me a Google. Gorgeous color in the Hemimorphite sample!!