Any Help With This

[Chippyd1995]

Hi I recently found this on the isle of wight, ive done the lick test and it is slightly pourous,it was found loose at the base of a sandstone cliff, the area is known for fossils from the wealden group in the lower cretaceous 

Edited February 25, 2018 by Chippyd1995

[TXV24]

Hi, 

 

This looks like a beach worn flint nodule which may have part of the structure of a fossil sponge or coral included. Flint originates from the Chalk and on the island is around 70 million years old. It forms from the remains of echinoids and sponges etc. Flint nodules are common on the Island's beaches especially on the western and south-eastern coasts where our Wealden strata is exposed. They were likely eroded from the chalk at some point during the Eocene/Oligocene when the central part of the Island was being uplifted by tectonic forces (which eventually eroded down to the Wealden), and may have been transported in Ice Age rivers. 

 

Hope this helps,

 

Theo