paulyb135 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Hi all I came across this for sale on the favourite auction site. It is listed as a claw from the UK but to me it looks like a standard rock in a slight shape resemblance. Im not planning on buying but keen to know others opinions and it hopefully will stop someone making a costly error 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 This part makes it look like a stone I mostly call 'vuursteen'. I don't know the english name, maybe flint? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 That’s right! Also the cross section is shiny and smooth like I have seen hundreds of times on a rock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I agree, it's a rock, and not a claw. 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Rock, and the conchoidal cleavage says "flint" which often produces long, curved pieces and nodules of fantastical shape! 4 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I agree with you all. It's a silex nodule. I would call it flint. 2 " 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...
digit Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Agreed withe the non-biological nature of this one. A brilliant faker though--even has a convincing "nutrient groove" along the side in the first photo. It's Ma Nature having fun with us again (and somebody capitalizing on that resemblance). Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Agreed, the conchoidal fracture is characteristic of flint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimin013 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 A rock that has the shape of the tip of a claw even with one side with a "blood groove". The cross section indicates it's definitely not something inside a claw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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