Harwood Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Hi all, I'm new to the forum. I was wondering if I could get some help identifying the material in the picture. It was found on a shale / glacial till beach in southern Ontario. The material is very light in weight and looks to have shell fragment inbeded. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Looks like you might have some fossil shell in that. Maybe oysters of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Welcome to the forum from another Ontarian. It may be possible that you have a very worn internal section of a brachiopod. It is unlikely to be oyster as this area is predominantly paleozoic, straddling the Ordovician to the Devonian as you move from east to west. If this was found on the shores of Lake Ontario (which would be my guess), it would likely be Ordovician in age. If found on the shores of Lake Erie, likely Devonian (with some very isolated Silurian outcrops). It looks somewhat cherty. For our non-Canadian friends, the coin pictured is a "twoonie" and has a diameter of 28 mm. 4 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Ok, not oysters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 possibly water worn stromatoporoid "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...
caldigger Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I would say if it is very light in weight, chert won't make the cut. Must be something airy or of a very non dense material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 6 hours ago, Kane said: Welcome to the forum from another Ontarian. It may be possible that you have a very worn internal section of a brachiopod. It is unlikely to be oyster as this area is predominantly paleozoic, straddling the Ordovician to the Devonian as you move from east to west. If this was found on the shores of Lake Ontario (which would be my guess), it would likely be Ordovician in age. If found on the shores of Lake Erie, likely Devonian (with some very isolated Silurian outcrops). It looks somewhat cherty. For our non-Canadian friends, the coin pictured is a "twoonie" and has a diameter of 28 mm. Yes it was from lake ontario. Took the kids fossil hunting for their PA day. A few others we found. 43 minutes ago, caldigger said: I would say if it is very light in weight, chert won't make the cut. Must be something airy or of a very non dense material. It is very light, 60 g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 7 hours ago, Kane said: For our non-Canadian friends, the coin pictured is a "twoonie" and has a diameter of 28 mm. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Sorry to mix things up again, but if that really is from glacial till, then it could be part of an oyster shell. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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