Guy Macdonald Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Can anyone identify this? Found at Filey beach, Uk. Along the base of the coastal wall. I'm guessing some small fish bones or a partial bug fossil, if even that it could be just nothing, thanks. The rock is the size of my palm so this comes out at about a 10p coin here in uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Carbonised leaf print? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 It looks like a hinge of a shell, maybe scallop. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Macdonald Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 10 minutes ago, Foozil said: Carbonised leaf print? I'm hoping it's some sort of leaf would be the first in my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 12 minutes ago, Foozil said: Carbonised leaf print? My instinct as well. The rock texture seems like a poor fit to me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Looks plantlike to me and they're found there. @TqB may have ideas John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 It looks too irregular shaped for a plant leaf or a graptolite, but it might be a good match for phenocryst . If it's black colored, it could be Augite. Just a thought. Gabbro with large augite phenocrysts embedded in white plagioclase. These two are the principal minerals in this rock. Tangen, Norway. Width of sample 11 cm. picture from here " 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...
Doctor Mud Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 It's hard to tell from the photo, but is the white deposit on top if the black material? i could tell if the white material had flaked off exposing the black material. im thinking this is some sort of mineralogical phenomenon and not a fossil. The white and black deposits could be crystals that have formed in a fracture surface in sedimentary rock, not on a bedding plane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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