uob Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Please help me identify these finds from the bottom of a clay cliff in Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey a - 0.5cm thick, almost flat, smooth on the other side b - i think this is not a fossil but a handle of an old knife c - round in cross section d - this is hexagonal in cross section the remaining ones are all of the same kind and the beach was full of them, i guess they may not be fossils either but what are they? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calli99 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I’m afraid what you’ve got is most likely lumps of pyrite. Pyrite is very common on the Isle of Sheppey and most fossils found there are pyritised. It’s possible that there’s some fossil wood in there that’s been engulfed by the pyrite, but hard to say. You were unlucky this time, Sheppey has some wonderful fossils, my favourite there are the pyritised gastropods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Hi, although I cannot help you with the id, as a fan of strangely mineralized fossils I would not call you unlucky. Specimen d intrigues me, hopefully can shed some light on that. 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...
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