What is this stone

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  1. Stoyan

    Stoyan New Member

    Screenshot_20201220_164029.png Screenshot_20201220_164004.png I found this stone and it seems strange to me, does anyone know what it is
     
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  2. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    Where are you? Where did you find it?
     
  3. Stoyan

    Stoyan New Member

    in a field near Kings Lynn, UK
     
  4. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    Cool! Sort of looks like yellow jasper something. Probably called flint in the UK
     
  5. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    How about this?

    http://www.stoneagetools.co.uk/what-is-flint.htm
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    Internal flint cast of a sea urchin.

    Flint nodules in the chalk changed over time as their outside acquired a whitish-coloured cortex or rind, possibly through ground water percolating through the chalk.It’s thought the cortex formed because the flint surface is slightly more soluble in some microscopically small areas than in adjacent areas, so there is differential dissolving at the surface which results in a microscopic sponge-like structure. The cortex can be 5mm or more in thickness. When people started making tools from flint, they often removed the external cortex to get at the fresh flint inside, although in some cases they left a smallamount of cortex to make some tools, such as scrapers and knives, easier to handle
     
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  6. Stoyan

    Stoyan New Member

    Yes, it looks like that.
    Thank you!
     
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  7. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Beat me to it. The patterns and holes are the remnants of an ancient lugworm's poop. Or several lugworms. Kings Lynn was once sea. They tunnel ferociously in sand: I've dug for them.

    This is what they poop:

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  8. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    An old matzo ball. Just kidding.
     
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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Ah, yes, the old lugworm latrine, very desirable.:pompous::joyful:
     
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  10. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    :hilarious::hilarious:

    It looks "shale" based, perhaps mixed with coral? Just my WAG..
     
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  11. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    I think Joe Dirt once found something like that?
     
  12. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    If it's East Anglia fossil, limestone as a base probably.
     
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