thank you ,,,let me know when you have very intresting,,,i collect fossils my self on earth not mars but think it would be cool to go fossil hunting on mars imagine that
That depends on the species. On Earth, some species of sand dollar (which are also related to blastoids) split into sections easily while others do not. We don't yet know enough about Mars' past and we don't have any samples in hand, so we don't know what structural differences there are in the fossils. I have seen blastoid fragments splint into fives, and that is one of the pieces of evidence I used to identify these sections.
i have blastoids and none of them are split ,,and it looks like it would be very hard to split nicely so you only get 5 or 6 ,,???but it would be nice to have proof of life on mars which there is, just dont think these are blastoids,,if so show me one from earth split so nicely please
I already checked into them- Moqui marbles don't segment into fives and sixes. They sometimes split open and leave a hemispherical shell however. Blastoids can segment into fives when they break.
To me these look exactly like the Moqui marbles found in the USA (google wiki them), which are hollow spherical magnetite concretions. I'm not a geologist tho.
thank you ,,,let me know when you have very intresting,,,i collect fossils my self on earth not mars but think it would be cool to go fossil hunting on mars imagine that
fogouman 2 years ago
I will be happy to.
thorargent 2 years ago
if you have seen them take a photo and show us
fogouman 2 years ago
That depends on the species. On Earth, some species of sand dollar (which are also related to blastoids) split into sections easily while others do not. We don't yet know enough about Mars' past and we don't have any samples in hand, so we don't know what structural differences there are in the fossils. I have seen blastoid fragments splint into fives, and that is one of the pieces of evidence I used to identify these sections.
thorargent 2 years ago
i have blastoids and none of them are split ,,and it looks like it would be very hard to split nicely so you only get 5 or 6 ,,???but it would be nice to have proof of life on mars which there is, just dont think these are blastoids,,if so show me one from earth split so nicely please
fogouman 2 years ago
I already checked into them- Moqui marbles don't segment into fives and sixes. They sometimes split open and leave a hemispherical shell however. Blastoids can segment into fives when they break.
thorargent 3 years ago
To me these look exactly like the Moqui marbles found in the USA (google wiki them), which are hollow spherical magnetite concretions. I'm not a geologist tho.
tehsma 3 years ago
XUXA is that you? :D - ....spikeD
sir charles good stuff! lets see some more!
jankmail 3 years ago