FunkyMonkey Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I’m in the ‘it’s just a rock’ camp but that 1% of me is saying well it looks weird to be just a rock. What do you guys think? It’s flinty / cherty and what I would expect a beach pebble to weigh. It was found at Walton on the Naze in Essex U.K. which is famous for sharks teeth, fossilised wood and the occasional bird bone. Just a rock, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tidgy's Dad Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 As ever, I'm not certain, but I think this could be a sponge. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyMonkey Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 @Tidgy's DadThank you! I will try it in the bath and report back! Seriously though thank you. I’m intrigued as I was ready to dismiss it entirely as a nice stone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 minute ago, FunkyMonkey said: @Tidgy's DadThank you! I will try it in the bath and report back! Seriously though thank you. I’m intrigued as I was ready to dismiss it entirely as a nice stone Don't chuck it. But it may just be a nice stone. Let's see what others say. I suppose you could use it like a sort of pumice stone in the bath for very hard skin on your heels, or something. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 @TqB Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 It's definitely a sponge, and a nice little specimen which would be a keeper for me. Presumably an Upper Cretaceous one in flint. I don't know what sort but look at Exanthesis and Plocoscyphia, for example, for broadly similar types. 5 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyMonkey Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 Wow. Thank you all. I’m assuming then that’s it’s not local as the fossils here are from London Clay (lower Eocene) and Red Crag (late Pliocene to Pleistocene)- much later in the geological record. Intriguing is the word! @Tidgy's Dad I have removed this from the bathing regime! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Nice sponge! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyMonkey Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Thank you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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