Nicole99 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I found this today at Walton-on-the-Naze, UK. It’s pretty small and I’m really struggling with identifying it. Might be something cool but maybe not even a fossil? It was found on the beach and is likely from the London clay (Eocene - Ypresian stage). It’s really common to find plant matter in this, I came away with loads of fossilised wood. So I’m thinking possibly some sort of plant fossil? Maybe a seed or something? Was also thinking it might be a coprolite or something like that but it’s fairly uniform in shape. It’s a little damaged and shows what seems to be clay infilling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Hello and welcome to teh forum! I am not familiar with the fossils of your region, but this looks interesting. The surface looks like a pinecone or similar on first look, but relatively irregular in the detail, may be just a kind of dried and cracked surface, so I´d rather tend to call it a coprolite. But surely there will be other forum members that know more about your region. Best Regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 It could be a coprolite, but I'm getting an iron (siderite) concretion vibe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I agree with bobby, I don't think this is a fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I also think that this is some kind of concretionary formation. Iron? Or maybe phosphate? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creek - Don Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Pyrite! These are usually formed under the sea floor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole99 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Creek - Don said: Pyrite! These are usually formed under the sea floor. Ah! Think this might be it...certainly looks fairly similar. I’ve seen lots of pyrite before but nothing that looks like this. Thanks everyone for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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