ZzBeekeeper Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Found this but have no idea what it is. Showed it to a guy in the pub who has a few fossils. He thinks it is a fossil and comes from the sea. Any idea would be helpful. Thanks Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Carl Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Hmmm... Not so sure this is a fossil. Could it be glass that melted in a campfire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZzBeekeeper Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 The Broken bit looks like stone. But it could be a melted jar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I agree it's something man-made, glass or industrial slag of some sort. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 bit'o'slag. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 bit'o'slag. Wasn't that a candy bar from the 50's that never quite caught on? "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...
Lt.Mike Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Jurassic Jaw Breaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZzBeekeeper Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 There is a lot of Iron Age stuff around where I found it. It's not slag as I have seen load of slag and it's too light only 20 grams. Also got nothing from a magnet and metal detector. Had a good look on the net for burnt and melted glass and it not glass. If I find out what it is I will let you know. Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoth Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Could it be a Tektite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Could it be a Tektite? Is it glassy? It does not appear to be. Also, tektites usually have a more aero-formed shape. Maybe it is a geologic extrudite? "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...
Herb Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Wasn't that a candy bar from the 50's that never quite caught on? You would know . Anyway Bit' o' Honey is still around. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZzBeekeeper Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 It is not glass. But it does look shiny. As if someone has given it a good polish. It's brown and the shiny parts are dark brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 It may not look like glass but have you tried to shine a bright light through it? Melted glass often does not look like glass in several details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taogan Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Could it be pottery? Sometimes pots melt if you get them hot enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZzBeekeeper Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 It doe's look like it's melted. But it doe's not have any burn marks. If it was in a fire you would have very small foreign object embedded in it. That's why I thought it was a fossil. In the Iron age and I think stone age, They use to store butter and cheese in pig intestines. Could it be something like that and the contents have fossilized? That would answer why it looks like a balloon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Something as recent as the Iron Age would not be a fossil. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 It's not a fossil nor coprolite,but I found something similar to this specimen,"weird volcanic bomb"...http://ijolite.geology.uiuc.edu/NatlParks/CratersMoon/VolcanicBomb.jpg " 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...
ZzBeekeeper Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 I like the idea of volcanic bomb. But no volcanoes in the UK. How about Coprolite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I specialize in coprolites and I don't see enough here to suggest that. But be very wary of liking the sound of certain IDs as opposed to liking the reasoning behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZzBeekeeper Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 Best bet it's a melted inkwell made from ceramic. Thanks for all your help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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