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Hello, Can anyone help identify this fossil we found on the Yorkshire Coast, UK? Thanks

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Regrettably, I don't think this is a fossil egg, but likely a concretion of some kind -- although a quite convincing example. Have a read through this very helpful guide on fossil eggs: 

 

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Definitely a concretion, looks like a nice little septarian one. Fossil eggs have never been found on the Yorkshire coast (or, indeed, from the UK, except as very rare fragments) but concretions like that are common. :) 

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CONCRETION :) 

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Concretion, yes. Septarian, no. The "partitions" in a septarian are not limited to the surface, and in many cases do not reach the surface.

 

 

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