Rock Veins Originating from Blood Vessels

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Wretch Fossil

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Sep 27, 2012, 9:43:20 AM9/27/12
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Someone claimed these were veins of rock, specifically calcites in
sandstone:
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556427645&p=205
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556427646&p=206
Sources of image:
http://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-207012-exploration-of-cape-york-vol-4page33.html
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~rnolthenius/OtherAdv/GreyhoundRockFeb09/veinRock.jpg

I think they were originally blood vessels fossilized into “veins of
rock”. What do you think?
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Wretch Fossil

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Sep 27, 2012, 11:36:57 PM9/27/12
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Someone said the following micrograph shows veins of rock, but I think
it shows fossilized blood vessels :
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556427645&p=205
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556427646&p=206
Sources:
http://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-207012-exploration-of-cape-york-vol-4page33.html
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~rnolthenius/OtherAdv/GreyhoundRockFeb09/veinRock.jpg

Read more at http://wretchfossil.blogspot.tw/

On Sep 27, 9:43 pm, Wretch Fossil <wretchfos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Someone claimed these were veins of rock, specifically calcites in
> sandstone:http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556427645&p=205http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556427646&p=206
> Sources of image:http://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-207012-exploration-of-cape-york-...http://www.cabrillo.edu/~rnolthenius/OtherAdv/GreyhoundRockFeb09/vein...
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