Miss the Point Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) I found this sometime in the 1970’s State: New York, County: Suffolk, Township: Brookhaven, Hamlet: Rocky Point on Broadway Beach on the shore of Long Island Sound. The fossil weighs about one ounce. The hole was there when found, through it there is hollow space, but I can also see that there is some structure or substance inside. Edited July 27, 2019 by Miss the Point Added 2nd Image, changed descriptive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Start with this: 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss the Point Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 12 hours ago, Miss the Point said: I found this sometime in the 1970’s State: New York, County: Suffolk, Township: Brookhaven, Hamlet: Rocky Point on Broadway Beach on the shore of Long Island Sound. The fossil weighs about one ounce. The hole was there when found, through it there is hollow space, but I can also see that there is some structure or substance inside. This possible fossilized egg floats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Miss the Point said: This possible fossilized egg floats. Does it float if you fill the entire cavity with water? Battleships float until you fill the interior cavities with water. It is not an egg. You can tell just by looking at what appears to be the eggshell. Look at how thick it is. An embryo would need a jackhammer to break out of that prison. Compare it to the thickness of the shell of a chicken egg of about the same size. It is probably an ironstone concretion. It is a very interesting one and worthy of a place in any collection. I would definitely have picked that one up and kept it. Have you tried to get a really good look through the hole to see if there are any interesting crystalline features inside? You mentioned that it has some structure. Can you describe it for us? Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Somehow, it looks like a Sequoia cone, but I'm leaning toward an iron concretion or maybe slag. I'm not sure. " 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...
Miss the Point Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 It takes in about 30 drops of water to fill the small open cavity and it still floats. Inside is dark silver gray, like iron ore. The structure appears to be thin, and slightly pitted and membrane like, attached to the outer shell, like a bubble of molten iron solidified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Pumice or Scoria might have similar characteristics, I think. Please wait other opinions. " 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...
JohnJ Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Hard to say what it may be from these photos; but as others mentioned, it isn't an egg. I wouldn't rule out some form of industrial refuse. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss the Point Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Thanks to all for the input. I found this when I was probably 9 or 10 years old, and have always wondered what it might be. I came across it recently and started looking for similar objects on the internet, as it was egg shaped I began with that category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 The shape might be right, but the consistency and the particular details might be wrong for a fossil egg of any kind, I'm affraid. It's a very nice and intriguing specimen, that's sure! " 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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