Fossil

[poliphilo]

 Damian has gravel at the front of his house. We were standing talking to him when a particular chip caught my eye. It's about an inch across. A fossil? Yes, what else could it be?



Not an important fossil, not a spectacular one- but still the trace of something that was alive and growing millions and millions of years ago.....

Comments

[cmcmck]

I'd guess at a plant fossil.

The oldest thing in our house is a shepherd's crown- a heart urchin fossil which is 40-50m years old which I discovered on the chalk as a kid.

[poliphilo]

Yes, a plant of some kind, possibly aquatic.

I have a few fossils dotted around the house- nothing particularly valuable.