wheres_my_beard Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Found on the sandy and rocky beach at West Runton, North Norfolk, England. It is some kind of sponge or just a funky rock? It would be nice to think I found a legit fossil! Edited September 20, 2014 by wheres_my_beard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Volcanic rock ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I agree. Sponges have a different texture. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painshill Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Yes... West Runton is at the end of the Cromer Ridge, which is a glacial "terminal moraine"... the deposited rubble from the edge of the ice sheet during the last ice age. It's vesicular basaltic lava and may well be material from the Carboniferous, originating in Scotland. Edited September 20, 2014 by painshill Roger I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who [Rudyard Kipling] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres_my_beard Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 Bah humbug! Good to know what it is though. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katfish61 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 It's still very cool!! Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 It looks more like cancellous bone than vesicular basalt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) It looks more like cancellous bone than vesicular basalt. I tend to agree with Al Dente.......Looks more like bone to me as well. Maybe a Elephant. Edited September 21, 2014 by njfossilhunter TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I'm leaning more towards bone as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Maybe more views would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painshill Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Maybe more views would help. Yes... and perhaps an indication of heavy it is. Roger I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who [Rudyard Kipling] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 A picture of the upper left (that is facing away in the OP) would clear up this debate pretty easily. I also see a water worn piece of fragmented cancellous bone. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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