Mctapmonkey Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Help please, I picked this up on the beach at Whitby. It looks as if it is either bone or wood. Can anyone identify it for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I think you are right,looks like petrified wood(plant material),maybe Jet(lignite),a result of high pressure decomposition of wood of trees of the family Araucariaceae from early Jurassic age.May contain pyrite. 1 " 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...
Taogan Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Looks like a bit of pyritised driftwood, jet is glossy and black and stable, this might not be. Make sure you soak it well to get all of the salt out of it and then dry it carefully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I agree that it is fossil wood, and that it is preserved as other than jet. "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...
Mctapmonkey Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Thank you for your replies. Particularly soaking to get rid of salt, thats a good hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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