Crinoids

Lower Mississippian Tin Mountain Limestone

Inyo County, California

Silicified crinoid stems (replaced by the mineral silicon dioxide) embedded in a bioclastic matrix from the Lower Mississippian Tin Mountain Limestone, Funeral Mountains public lands area, Inyo County, California; photographed with a Nikon CoolPix 995 digital camera and eventually edited and processed through photoshop (creating the black background, for one).

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