Comments on: Stairways to ammonite heaven http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/ Tue, 22 May 2012 20:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: patrick hayes http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-3381287 patrick hayes Thu, 10 May 2012 22:19:26 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-3381287 I stumbled here while searching for explosive containment mats on Google. I really appreciate your posting, you made an otherwise mundane research project something special! I will never look at limestone tiles the same way again. Please keep up the grand work. Regards, Patrick Oakland, CA I stumbled here while searching for explosive containment mats on Google. I really appreciate your posting, you made an otherwise mundane research project something special!

I will never look at limestone tiles the same way again.

Please keep up the grand work.

Regards,
Patrick
Oakland, CA

]]> By: Palaeontologia Electronica Blog http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-709188 Palaeontologia Electronica Blog Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:44:10 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-709188 [...] Fossils can sometimes be found (or are kept) in the most unexpected and surprising places. Recently, a supposedly dinosaurian skull embedded in a block of marble made the news, because said block had been built into an Italian church. While such finds of large vertebrate remains embedded in buildings are rare, ammonites and other invertebrates commonly found in limestones are commonly found in buildings. In southern Germany windowsills are often made from a local Jurassic limestones, and many contain cross sections of ammonites, sponges, brachiopods, bivalves, and corals. When I was a kid my own room had a windowsill made from this material, and it certainly stimulated my interest in paleontology. This experience also allowed me to recognize the purported dinosaur skull as the cross section of a partly crushed ammonite, and other researchers come to the same conclusion. Especially fossil-rich and optically pleasing limestones are sometimes intentionally used for the decorative aspects of the embedded fossils, for example in these staircases of Japanese shopping centers. [...] [...] Fossils can sometimes be found (or are kept) in the most unexpected and surprising places. Recently, a supposedly dinosaurian skull embedded in a block of marble made the news, because said block had been built into an Italian church. While such finds of large vertebrate remains embedded in buildings are rare, ammonites and other invertebrates commonly found in limestones are commonly found in buildings. In southern Germany windowsills are often made from a local Jurassic limestones, and many contain cross sections of ammonites, sponges, brachiopods, bivalves, and corals. When I was a kid my own room had a windowsill made from this material, and it certainly stimulated my interest in paleontology. This experience also allowed me to recognize the purported dinosaur skull as the cross section of a partly crushed ammonite, and other researchers come to the same conclusion. Especially fossil-rich and optically pleasing limestones are sometimes intentionally used for the decorative aspects of the embedded fossils, for example in these staircases of Japanese shopping centers. [...]

]]> By: A Dinosaur in an Italian Church? | Dinosaur Tracking http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-657441 A Dinosaur in an Italian Church? | Dinosaur Tracking Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:39:04 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-657441 [...] These rocks have often been used in architecture, and there are a number of places where you can find fossils embedded in marble-like stone walls or floors, including churches. Marine fossils are particularly prevalent in these slabs, especially [...] [...] These rocks have often been used in architecture, and there are a number of places where you can find fossils embedded in marble-like stone walls or floors, including churches. Marine fossils are particularly prevalent in these slabs, especially [...]

]]> By: Joyce http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-386656 Joyce Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:53:43 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-386656 omg i think i once saw something like this!! lol cool i thought they were only like cracks or something... haha... oh my gosh so many :D omg i think i once saw something like this!! lol cool i thought they were only like cracks or something... haha... oh my gosh so many :D

]]> By: Stairways to ammonite heaven « Cakehead Loves Evil http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-370816 Stairways to ammonite heaven « Cakehead Loves Evil Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:28:40 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-370816 [...] stores and you will find some remarkable ammonite fossils embedded in the marble walls. Thanks to pink tentacle for the [...] [...] stores and you will find some remarkable ammonite fossils embedded in the marble walls. Thanks to pink tentacle for the [...]

]]> By: BelchSpeak » Post Topic » Ammonites In My Walls http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-359714 BelchSpeak » Post Topic » Ammonites In My Walls Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:59:03 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-359714 [...] The hotel I’m staying in has lots of granite walls and countertops and ever since I saw the Pink Tentacle blog about ammonite fossils embedded in granite, I hunt for their presence in the granite slates I encounter. They would look like the swirl in the photo below. No luck yet in finding my own. But check the ones out at this Japanese department store at Pink Tentacle here. [...] [...] The hotel I’m staying in has lots of granite walls and countertops and ever since I saw the Pink Tentacle blog about ammonite fossils embedded in granite, I hunt for their presence in the granite slates I encounter. They would look like the swirl in the photo below. No luck yet in finding my own. But check the ones out at this Japanese department store at Pink Tentacle here. [...]

]]> By: links for 2009-02-25 | Nerdcore http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-348329 links for 2009-02-25 | Nerdcore Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:31:48 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-348329 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: ECTOPLASMOSIS! » Department Store Fossils http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-348151 ECTOPLASMOSIS! » Department Store Fossils Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:46:19 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-348151 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Summer http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-347035 Summer Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:20:06 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-347035 That's actually not marble; geologically speaking, it's limestone. Marble is limestone that has been compressed and heated over millions of years by geologic processes, but that destroys any fossils in the original limestone. The building trades use the term "marble" for both limestone and actual marble used in construction and interior facings, but geologically, there's a difference. Those are beautiful fossils, though! That's actually not marble; geologically speaking, it's limestone. Marble is limestone that has been compressed and heated over millions of years by geologic processes, but that destroys any fossils in the original limestone. The building trades use the term "marble" for both limestone and actual marble used in construction and interior facings, but geologically, there's a difference.

Those are beautiful fossils, though!

]]> By: SlaiN http://pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-346192 SlaiN Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:24:48 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/stairways-to-ammonite-heaven/#comment-346192 Pretty cool. :) Pretty cool. :)

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