New Members JCHD Posted August 29 New Members Share Posted August 29 Hello all, Brand new to this forum. Currently in Orkney and travelled to have a short visit at Yesbaby. Lots of cliffs formed from Upper Stromness flagstone and Harra ebb sandstone. I came across a rather peculiar looking rock. Pretty sure it does have a fossilised set of items within what looks like sandstone. Items within the sandstone are formed in almost tear drop shapes with one being angular in the centre. Could this be some fossilised coprolite or purely a rock formation? I did within this same area stumble across stromatolites as this area of Yesnaby is obviously extremely old. Whole rock is roughly 8cm in length. Each item within the main rock are roughly between 2.5cm long down to roughly 1.5cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Welcome to the Forum. This looks more geologic to me. The formations you mention are Devonian in age, and fish were the only coprolite makers at that time. The description of Hara Ebb Formation mentions this for Lithology - Lithology Description Interbedded sandstones and siltstones with tongues and lenses of breccia and conglomerate. I think you have a bit of sandstone with breccia lenses. 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members JCHD Posted August 29 Author New Members Share Posted August 29 24 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum. This looks more geologic to me. The formations you mention are Devonian in age, and fish were the only coprolite makers at that time. The description of Hara Ebb Formation mentions this for Lithology - Lithology Description Interbedded sandstones and siltstones with tongues and lenses of breccia and conglomerate. I think you have a bit of sandstone with breccia lenses. Thanks Tim. Do you think that is the case with the shapes, large one end and smaller ok the other? googled what you mentioned but couldn’t really find anything the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Hi, Could you please specify where is Orkney ? State, county, nearest city, because here we are on an international forum. Thank you. For example, could you put us Paris - France on a map ? Yet it is our capital Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty micraster Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 I think they mean orkney Islands, scotland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members JCHD Posted August 30 Author New Members Share Posted August 30 Yes, the Orkney Islands in Northern Scotland, part of the Scottish Isles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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