EngNet Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Hey! My name is Johan and I come from Sweden. a few days ago when my daughter went home from school she found this stone. it was located in a forest area just outside the city of Västerås in Sweden. I have googled and looked for what it could be but can not find anything that looks the same. Has anyone here seen anything similar? I think maybe it's a petrified egg of some kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 It's a concretion. No eggshell texture, the 'shell' is too thick and yolks don't fossilize. Have a look at : Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) I think it's a silica-rich material like silex/flint/chert with nice percussion marks. Edited May 30, 2022 by abyssunder 2 " 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...
EngNet Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 Ah, ok. No fossil then. But a really cool rock at least! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, EngNet said: But a really cool rock at least! Absolutely! Looks like a fossilized "Eye of Sauron"! 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...
Mahnmut Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Hello and welcome to the forum! a similar piece has been dicussed here, at least concerning the small structures: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/122913-what-is-this/&tab=comments#comment-1342849 Concerning the main feature, the eye of Sauron, I think it started as a small vug that was filled by botroidal growth, imagine minerals starting to grow at some spots surrounding a little cavity, each nucleus growing to a half sphere until they get into each others way. I think thats what you see there. It could, perhaps, also be remnants of some fossil like a sponge, those sometimes form the center of flint nodules, even when they are altered to much to be recognizable. Best Regards, J 1 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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