New Members britinpa Posted June 13, 2015 New Members Posted June 13, 2015 This was found on the beach at Walton on the Naze, England - June 2015. Any thoughts on what it might be.
abyssunder Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) Welcome to the Forum! You are thinking about a fossil claw? Edited June 13, 2015 by abyssunder " 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
New Members britinpa Posted June 13, 2015 Author New Members Posted June 13, 2015 Claw, tooth - possibly, really not sure.
Fossildude19 Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Sorry, but I think this is a water worn cobble/concretion, that has a suggestive shape eroded into it - geologic, rather than biologic in origin. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
New Members britinpa Posted June 22, 2015 Author New Members Posted June 22, 2015 I had this officially ID'd and this is what was said: a piece of fossil wood dating back 53 million yearsto the Eocene it comes from the Grey London clay and is made of a Chalcoferrous pyrite copper iron pyrite.
abyssunder Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Thanks for the update. Here is a paper about the geology of the area: The geology of the Naze cliffs Walton-on-the-Naze http://www.swf-u3a.org.uk/st/Geology/Fossils/The%20geology%20of%20the%20naze%20cliffs%20Walton%20on%20the%20Naze.pdf 1 " 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
Auspex Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 I had this officially ID'd and this is what was said: a piece of fossil wood dating back 53 million years to the Eocene it comes from the Grey London clay and is made of a Chalco ferrous pyrite copper iron pyrite. Live and learn, every day; I would never have thought of petrified wood. Thank you! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
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