CWorrall Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Found this quite large piece of rock on the beach at Whitehaven in the lake district and I know that its an area with plenty of plant like fossils. I was wondering if anyone could help possibly tell me whether this is what can be seen in the rock and also any information of the age or type of plant fossil I might have. Thank you all very much! Here's a link to an album with some pictures of the find: http://imgur.com/a/L4Iec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Very interesting! I have taken the liberty of attaching one to the Forum; it will get more notice this way: "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...
kauffy Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Looks more sedimentary than organic "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 It's a growth of some type. Notice how it crawls around every nook and crany. I guess byozoa, but could be a mineral growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Cone in Cone? Regards, 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...
tmaier Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I don't think cone-in-cone, because those have an apex where they come together in a "V", and resemble a conularia. But some type of calcite growth could be right. I switch from bryozoa to mineral growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Look at his other (off-site) images, too. He did a good job with different angles. I am at a loss, except that my first impression is that it is inorganic. "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...
TqB Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 If not technically cone-in cone, it's something very like it. It often crops up in Coal Measures rocks (and in plenty of others, of course). Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 It could be a cone-in-cone wanna-be. So the process of cone-in-cone crystal formation is trying to get started, but there is something interfering with the full expression of the crystal formation, so it's a mutant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I'm definitely in the cone-in-cone-or-similar camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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