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Egg in England?


Sullivan Neill

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Hi there ! If anyone has any info what this could be as to me looks egg like ? Just very unusual surface to any other rock I’ve seen ! Any feed back would be great! Sullivan (Norfolk England)

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Chert nodule I believe. Chert is often largely derived from sponge spicules. Will sort of a sponge maybe do ?

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Thanks very much for very quick response! That’s interesting I’ll look into that! Cool thanks again!

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  • JohnJ changed the title to Egg in England?

There could well be chert or flint in there, especially the rounded pieces, but it's not actually a fossil sponge (of which there plenty in the area). It looks like a sort of fine textured septarian nodule in the first photo - detail here - or simply flint in the second. Hard to tell from photos.

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It's not an egg, can't be. :)

The coat could be chert/flint remain after percussion (the percussion marks are there).

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