Mineral: Quartz replacing fossil
Locality: Monroe County, Indiana, USA
Dimensions: from 3 cm to about 7 cm

Description: silicified fossils (geodized fossils) silicified cephalopods, a crinoid head and crinoid stems and horn coral; all are now geodes. As they have not been opened, one can only speculate whether they are solid or hollow.

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