Three Mysteries

 

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1. Data: Photo- This item was purchased in Hawaii, but it's source is unknown.

 

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2. Data: A hollow, brittle, tubular formation. They were found at the low tide line, at Island Beach State Park, just east of Toms River, N.J.

 

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3. Data: A brittle, fragile almost coral like structure. It was found at the high tide line in the 10,000 Islands region of South West Florida.

 

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Discussions:
 

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  • Freshwater mussel (unioid stuffed with freshwater blister pearls)? ... AvrilB
 

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  • Coral or possibly a brozoan? ... AvrilB

  • Not that I'm an expert but #3 looks like what might be left of a calcified algae, maybe one of the brown seaweeds? ... Douglas S.

  • looks like a bryozoan colony. ... Allen A.

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