New Members Mangruli Posted July 3 New Members Share Posted July 3 I found this unuseally smooth rock on a sand beach by the coast. Could it be a fossil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Definitely is a fossil. Most likely a brachiopod. It should be fairly easy to expose more of it. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 (edited) yep, necessary to expose more of it Brachiopod could be possible, or a shell or a gastropod or... open it Edited July 4 by rocket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Mangruli Posted July 4 Author New Members Share Posted July 4 I'm happy to have found a fossil, but I'm afraid I might damage it while trying to open it. Do you have any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Out of curiosity. Which area you found it? There's no such thing as too many teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Mangruli Posted July 4 Author New Members Share Posted July 4 I found it on the coast of Northern Ostrobothnia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 36 minutes ago, Mangruli said: I found it on the coast of Northern Ostrobothnia. Then its very lucky. Since only good fossil areas are in Åland. In mainland fossils are very rare. Only few found around coast. Most likely flushed from Baltic sea. 1 There's no such thing as too many teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 On 7/4/2024 at 1:31 AM, Mangruli said: I'm happy to have found a fossil, but I'm afraid I might damage it while trying to open it. Do you have any advice? It is a naturally polished chert nodule with a shell imprint on it. If you try too "open it" it will shatter into many pieces. I would keep it as is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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