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Fossil

During a walk along the pebbled beach at Langstone Harbour, Hampshire I found this small pebble with a fossil on it.

I thought it was worth taking home to photograph. Please view large for the best detail.

The PiP shows the same stone next to a measuring tape for scale.
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34 comments

ROL/Photo said:

Merci beaucoup Keith pour tes visites
J'ai presque le même je faisais la collection..des fossiles
c'est un fossile d'Oursin( fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinoidea)
13 days ago ( translate )

Keith Burton replied to ROL/Photo:

You're welcome Ronald.........my pleasure.

Glad you like my little fossil find............thank you so much for the information.
11 days ago

Jean-Paul said:

Extraordinary Keith, what luck to find something like that by chance on the beach. Great the PiP, so you have the perfect scale.
13 days ago

Keith Burton replied to Jean-Paul:

Thank you Jean-Paul............I was actually looking for sea glass to photograph, but couldn't find any, so this fossil did nicely.
11 days ago

Annemarie said:

i love your still lifes!
13 days ago ( translate )

Keith Burton replied to Annemarie:

Thank you very much Annemarie.........you're very kind.
11 days ago ( translate )

Herb Riddle said:

Blumin heck, I would never have imagined this to be over 4m (16ft) wide :)

What a brilliant find and well worth keeping. It is many years back now that I last found a fossil. It looks a little like a starfish with a missing leg but.... yes I know!

Well done. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Herb
13 days ago

Stephan Fey said:

What a great find, Keith! Looks fantastic.
13 days ago

Günter Klaus said:

Da hast du ja was Tolles entdeckt lieber Keith,schön,dass du es mit nach Hause genommen hast,die Details und die Farbe dazu sind genial von deinen Fund,dein Auge ist auch gut geschult für tolle Motive,gefällt mir sehr gut deine Darstellung :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,liebe Grüße Güni :))
13 days ago ( translate )

Adele said:

What an extraordinary find, Keith!
A pebble with a fossil which looks like an ancient star fish!
Fascinating and as always, very finely photographed!
Enjoy your weekend
13 days ago

TOZ said:

As Herb said 5m 16ft that's a very big pebble Keith .
Have a great day TOZ
12 days ago

J.Garcia said:

The set resembles a sea urchin with its orange color when opened
Beautiful image, Keith!
12 days ago

aNNa schramm said:

It is called 'Sanddollar'
Der Begriff „Sanddollar“ leitet sich vom Aussehen der Skelette toter Tiere ab, die an Land gespült wurden. Dem Sanddollar fehlt die samtartige Stachelhaut und er ist oft durch Sonnenlicht weiß gebleicht.
Strandgutsammler der Vergangenheit ließen sich dadurch an eine große Silbermünze erinnern, wie zum Beispiel den alten spanischen Dollar mit einem Durchmesser von 38–40 mm.
see more >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_dollar
12 days ago ( translate )

aNNa schramm replied to aNNa schramm:

my > www.ipernity.com/doc/anna.schramm/43042610

but you find a small pebble with a fossil on it - is great !!! Your eys are very well ***
12 days ago

MaggsMep said:

Great find and image Keith.
12 days ago