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This pattern in my bathroom tile kinda looks like a Nautilus shell
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GearZod · 21 hr. ago

So I think you have probably figured out that it is actually a fossil. Travertine is full of
ammonites and orthocones. Something something geology stuff that I am not qualified to talk
about. But it’s really cool to see. I have a local airport fully tiled in travertine and you can see
them all over in the floors.

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VoraciousTrees +1 · 17 hr. ago 2

This is Reddit, Sir. Qualifications are unnecessary for discussion.

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GearZod · 17 hr. ago

In that case… hold my beer. I’m gonna try something.

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HDrainbo · 17 hr. ago

The council will watch your progress with great interest. Comment saved

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NickkyDC +2 · 6 hr. ago

What did you try? The suspense is killing me

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This is it. making us wait. This is what he’s trying.

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NickkyDC +2 · 3 hr. ago

It’s working, he hasn’t even commented else where since this

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actuallyquitefunny · 6 hr. ago

He's out getting people to kneel before him.

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NickkyDC +2 · 6 hr. ago

“ I command thee, Kneel!”

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Epetai · 3 hr. ago

“Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state?”

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Lokkuri +2 · 15 hr. ago

It's been 2 hours, your beer is now warm and flat,want it back or?....

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ckjm +2 · 15 hr. ago

Shall we see you in a few million years after you fossilize?

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SillySonny · 4 hr. ago

The beer is now a fossil.

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TransitTycoonDeznutz +1 · 5 hr. ago

Bro, what did you try??? Going to college to get a degree to one up a mf?

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Manic_Mechanist +1 · 9 hr. ago

Yay

What am I qualified for now?

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HidetheCaseman89 +2 · 9 hr. ago

Can I list you as a reference?

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jawnly211 +3 · 8 hr. ago

Ahhhh…thanks

But now we are all in debt with student loans

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koshgeo +1 · 5 hr. ago

True. They do sometimes help, though.

As people are suggesting, OP's picture is actually of an ammonite, which is related to

nautiloids, but an extinct form with more folded partitions (septa) between the chambers
of the shell. Cut down the middle of the shell, these folds are more subtle.

Based on its nodular structure, this particular limestone is probably one of the classics
that is quarried extensively in Italy for ornamental purposes and shipped around the
world. Rosso ammonitico [in Italian] is probably the type of stone you're looking at, of
which there are several varieties depending on color and other details. They are given
different names based on location, such as "Rosso Ammonitico Lombardo" or "Rosso
Ammonitico Veronese" that act a bit like trade names for different ornamental styles.
They are all Jurassic in age, though different types differ in age slightly.

Sorry I couldn't find an English version of that Italian wikipedia page. If you If you search
"ammonitico rosso", you'll find plenty of other descriptions on the web. Here's another
one.

There are also other fossils visible in the picture in cross section, mostly bivalves (clams).
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limestone (sedimentary rock made of calcium carbonate), and the rock in OP's picture is
limestone, this limestone does not have the right structure for travertine, which is
normally finely layered and deposited directly from water at hot springs or in caves. You
can find fossils in travertine, but they wouldn't be marine ones like ammonites.

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Luigi156 +1 · 11 hr. ago

Like everywhere else, you can have opinions and good discussions without diplomas, just
need to be honest about how much you know. Hell discussions about topics you're not
super familiar with are a great learning platform.

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c0mputer99 +1 · 4 hr. ago

I dunno, this one could use a marine biologist.

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SkarnGreisen +1 · 5 hr. ago

Geologist here, can confirm that this is a real fossil. Not a travertine though, these don't
have fossils. But people call it as such for commercial reasons. Most ornamental rocks are
called granite, marble or some other names, but they aren't scientifically correts, but who
cares.

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MrCraft1124 · 10 hr. ago

We have subway station in Kyiv where all interior made using same stone. Pretty cool.

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starbuck3108 · 8 hr. ago

Close but not quite. This is just limestone, not travertine.
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nicht_ernsthaft · 3 hr. ago

I have a local airport fully tiled in travertine

Berlin? You spot the isopod fossil by the information desk? Big one.

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GearZod · 3 hr. ago

No, mine is a small regional airport in the US. BER is a cool place though. A bit of a
sinister past, but a marvel of architecture just the same.

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nicht_ernsthaft · 3 hr. ago

I think you're thinking of Tempelhofer Feld? That was closed years ago and is now part
museum, part park, part refugee housing. People go there to run, fly kites and do
their TikTok dancing on the runways. BER is brand new and is out by where Schönefeld
airport was.

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GearZod · 3 hr. ago · edited 3 hr. ago

Ahhhh. I was actually thinking about the old Schönefeld airport. I had to look it up,
and suddenly felt very old when I saw that it was closed down a few years back.

Did they save any of the old building with the new airport?

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DadsRGR8 · 2 hr. ago

Dude! Why are you not commenting higher up? Everyone’s been waiting for you
to come back! Lol

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GearZod · 55 min. ago

I seriously didn’t expect a redneck statement to cause such a stir. I

legitimately cannot think of anything that would satisfy the curiosity,

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justsomegeology · 20 min. ago

Well it is not travertine... I am not very good in English but this is formed in the sea and not
by a spring. It is limestone, fossiliferous as you noticed correctly.

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GearZod · 19 min. ago

As stated. Not a geologist. I just know that travertine is also full of fossils. Which
technically is also a limestone I think.

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justsomegeology · 17 min. ago

Yup, I know. Sorry I am bad at explaining. But travertine is as far as I know a porous
limestone that forms when cold carbonated water enters the surface and is heated and
de-pressurized and something. So it is ... I am missing the word.

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Spinningwoman +3 · 22 hr. ago

And if it’s not real stone, it might be copying a real stone that had this. It’s not just ‘oh, it’s a bit
like…’. It is really a thing.

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BobanMarjonGo +1 · 16 hr. ago

The Wisconsin Capitol in Madison has a scavenger hunt to find all the fossils within the
building's structure. I'd believe OP's is 100% real

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12-7mmBMG OP · 15 hr. ago

I honestly couldn’t say, but I’d like to think it’s real :)

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Shurigin +3 · 10 hr. ago

Get your floor to level 40 and watch it evolve :)

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ronan88 · 9 hr. ago

I think you have to take it to cinnabar Island

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d-rs · 8 hr. ago

A wild MISSINGNO. appeared!

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ImNoAlbertFeinstein +2 · 12 hr. ago · edited 5 hr. ago

if thats natural limestone then its made of 100% compressed fossils

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Obandigo · 10 hr. ago

That's marble and common

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TrilobiteTerror +1 · 41 min. ago

Invertebrate paleontologist here. It's real.

Limestone tiles with ammonites like this are pretty common. I've seen multiple malls,
airports, stores, etc. with them.

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nerdygerl · 13 hr. ago

I’ve done that hunt! Any time I’m back in town I visit the squid!

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pinky997 · 14 hr. ago

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tjmick1992 · 5 hr. ago

Yo wait what? I'm going to the badger game today I kinda want to go do this too

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InevitabilityEngine +3 · 16 hr. ago

My airport has this type of marble everywhere.

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SpiveyXIII · 15 hr. ago

My dream is to one day own my own airport. Cheers to you good sir, any advice?

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JayBee307 · 14 hr. ago

Yes, when buying an airport marble quality is of paramount importance. Never forget
that.

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InevitabilityEngine +3 · 14 hr. ago

Start with a humble loan of a million dollars.

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Spinningwoman +3 · 10 hr. ago

And eschew the avocado toast in your struggling years.

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Bigredzombie +1 · 9 hr. ago

And make due with coffee made at home.

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celestial_chocolate · 8 hr. ago

Lol dead 💀

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goodfelipe · 15 hr. ago

LOL

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Friend-of-mine +2 · 9 hr. ago

Came here to say this lmao 🤣

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basidia · 13 hr. ago

John Wayne?

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InevitabilityEngine +3 · 13 hr. ago

Bingo

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AccordingWeight2825 +1 · 22 hr. ago

If this is real stone, it might be

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irnehlacsap +2 · 18 hr. ago

There's a type of marble full of fossils. They have this type in Dominican Republic. Interesting
to look at

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