Crinoids

Lower Mississippian Tin Mountain Limestone

Inyo County, California

Silicified crinoid columnals (replaced by the mineral silicon dioxide) embedded in a bioclastic calcium carbonate matrix from the Lower Mississippian Tin Mountain Limestone, Funeral Range public lands area, Inyo County, California; originally photographed with a Minolta 35mm camera, then digitally remastered and eventually edited and processed with photoshop (adding the black background, for one).

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