darren1408 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hi, When I was on holiday in Lyme Regis I discovered this with some markings on it. I have never looked for fossils before but now I am learning more about fossils and dinosaurs. I dont know wether it is a fossil or not. Here is the picture below: Thank you for your help in advance, Darren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 The picture is a little too blurry for me, but its shape seems to be of an artifact and not a fossil, but need better picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Looks like a piece of Chert/Flint with typical conchoidal fracture, (looks a bit like a scallop shell), unless you mean the brownish blob, which only shows up as a fuzzy area in the pic'. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1408 Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hi, Thank you for your responses, Sorry about the picture, the camera wouldnt focus very well Yeah I ment the black coloured lines. Sorry to waste your time if it isnt anything - I wasnt sure but I thought I would post it just to make sure. I have just looked at another find, and it seems to have a bulge area which you can see a very faint spiral through, I think it maybe an Ammonite, Is there a website which shows you how to extract it from the rock? I will try and get a better photo loaded. Thanks again. Darren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 See whether your camera has a "macro" setting; if so, use it, without zoom and in bright light. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1408 Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hi, Thank you for the advice, I have just found out it does have a Macro setting, I will take another picture tomorrow in bright light and upload it. Thank you for your advice. Darren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1408 Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hi, Here are some new pictures that I have taken: I hope these are better, Darren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Sorry, but I see no indication of a fossil in the item. As someone earlier mentioned, conchoidal fracture lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 The good news is that the pictures are great! The bad news is that now we can tell that it's not a fossil "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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