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Only photo I have of it as I left it in wales- it’s huge about the size of a kettle, very heavy. Seems to be coral?

This genuine Androgynoceras Fossil Ammonite was discovered at Stonebarrow Cliff, Charmouth, near Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK

I collected this earlier this year but it broke on extraction. It’s been sat on my bench for weeks so I decided to do something with it this morning. I think this is quite a good salvage job. Bit of tidying up to do still, but I’m quite chuffed with it.

I found this on a Thanet beach years ago and just thought it was interesting. It's lived on a windowsill since then and yesterday I got Google to tell me what it is. 85 million years old!! That's not news to you fossil hunters, but I was quite impressed 😁

Any ideas? 😊 TIA

We found this at Lyme and weren’t sure what it was. After posting it in FossilID we’ve had mixed responses between its bone or wood. The bone/wood is around a foot long. Does anyone know which it is?

Hey, so i wanted to introduce myself. (I got permission from the mods) I run a small relatively new etsy shop called Fossil&Flame based in Northern Ireland. I sell a variety of Fossils, Crystals and Minerals. Mainly focusing on fossils.

I have a wide variety available from across the globe such as Northern America, Africa, Mainland Europe and the UK.

A link to my store is: https://fossilandflame.etsy.com

Feel free to check it out, I have items which start from £4, and with code REDDIT10 you can get 10% off most fossils. The photos provided are only of British fossils to keep it in line with this subs theme. (The fossil kit contains specimens from the UK and further afield)

For example of some of the selection of things I have:

Ammonites from the UK, Madagascar and Morocco

Copal/Amber from the Baltics and Madagascar

Petrasters/Brittlestars from Morocco

Trilobites from the UK and Morocco

Spinosaurus Vertebrae

Green River Fossils, mainly flora! But from leaves to shrimp to fish.

French Shell fossils.

I actively try to have a wide variety where possible.

Just got into fossil hunting and have a random selection I’d love some advice on. Mainly whether they’re worth preparing and how.

1 & 2: Very hard rock with well-preserved small fossils. I’ve only started carefully preparing No. 2 with a chisel pen. Everything else has only been cleaned with a soft brush and water.

3: The one I’m most excited about because of its size. Worth preparing further?

4: Calcite-filled ammonite. My thought was to flatten the face with a belt sander, then work through progressively finer grits and polish it. Good idea or would you leave it alone?

5: Standard belemnite. Does it look complete?

6: Has a worn white ammonite, but underneath it there’s what looks like the ribbing of a much larger ammonite preserved in the same colour as the surrounding rock. Could this be another ammonite, or is it just an impression?

7 & 8: Fossil-rich limestone. Not sure what the best approach is. Split them, slowly prepare them, or leave them exactly as they are?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I’m completely new to this

Just a cool prehistoric shark type fish thingy?

I know its an early acanthodian fish but they are refereed to as spiney sharks :).

From the early Devonian period so like 400 million years old? From Orkney in Scotland!

Found on a beach in Hastings UK. I’m new to fossils and searched through this sub to figure out what this might be but I’m not sure.

I think its sheep but I know it could be too vague to tell.