Mike2292 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) Me and my girlfriend were taking a stroll through the river Thames in London and managed to come across these guys...we are not fossil experts (or beginners) and were just wondering what they could be. If you guys can help us out, that'd be great! Object A is 8 cm across with a maximum width of 4 cm. Edited January 23, 2017 by Mike2292 Wrong wording! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2292 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 Object B is 14 cm across with a maximum width of 5 cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Welcome to ! These items look like chert nodules, not fossils. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I agree. Not fossils there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 chert nodules... and they are to be expected in that area. They come in all sorts of weird often suggestive shapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2292 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 Thank you! And thank you for all the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Just to be clear, "chert" and "flint" are the same thing in this context. Such nodules are common in the chalk formations (Cretaceous). Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Definitely flint. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I agree. Flint nodules. " 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...
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