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.

[paserbyp]

Interesting is how old?

[poliphilo]

Absolutely no idea.

[kaishin108]

That is fascinating to find!

[haertstitch]

well spotted!
you've got a chunk of coral

[poliphilo]

Ah, is that what it is? I wonder where it came from.....

[poliphilo]

And totally unexpected.

[haertstitch]

can you ask the guy which gravel pit it came from?

I'd be heading in that direction soon :)

[poliphilo]

I doubt he'd know, but he's a builder so I suppose he might....