Featured what the funk is this stone ?, carving or not ?

hey folks, picked this up a while ago in a charity shop nik nak pile, looked interesting

definetly a stone (cold,cold), but dont know if it is some some old primitive stone carving, or just been formed that way,

or made to look that way

does seem to have some uniformity

cant even decide what stone it could be,

any help appreciated

flash, and without flash

 

I don't know what it is but even though it looks like an old worn owl, I wonder if it's a beetle/insect fossil.

 

Looks like an owl,may just be a stream tumbled stone.

 

looks like a carved owl in amber............bwdik...

 

There's too much bilateral symmetry for me to think it was created entirely by nature. Amber would not be cold, cold.

 

Yeah I think I agree, there even looks like feet with toes

Definitely stone, cold cold

Was thinking maybe flint ?

 

Thanks sis, I hadn't thought of that, will look into it

 

Are the lighter places something that has become caught in pits & crevices? Or are we seeing underlying material?

Trilobite fossil? When I said 'not natural', I had in mind a strictly mineral formation, but fossilized organic material definitely possible. A 'cheekless' specimen?



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Hi bronwen, thanks for the info

The lighter patches are a clay type material stuck in crevices, easily removable

 

Looks like an owl to me as well. Some kind of amulet? It's very interesting.

 

Yeah possibly, the very top of the head is broken off, so I suppose could of had a hole

 

My first thought was Owl also ... Joy.

 

Looks really, really old, I would get it checked out.
What if it’s an Egyptian scarab? You’ll want to know in case it comes alive at night!

 

Fossilized cicada?

 

Things would get lively if posted to:

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/40866-can-anyone-identify-this-fossil/

 

thank bronwen, thats a great idea

they seem an excitable bunch !!

ill post a few more pics

i think the ears that makes it look like an owl, is where the top piece is missing

 

To the extent I can see it, I'm not spotting the dullness/roughness I would expect if anything had snapped off that edge. Isn't it fairly smooth all over, discounting the pits, etc.?

 

o yeah, if it broke off it broke off many years ago, its dead smooth