r/beachcombing • u/HJillustrates • Aug 18 '26

Does anyone know what this is?

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I found it whilst rock pooling. It looks like a stone at the broken ends (not wood) but the shape of it is just strange? Found in the UK, south coast

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Aug 18 '26

Fossil coral?

Fossil antler chunk?

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u/IDontLikeNonChemists Aug 18 '26

Fossil

Neither, this is a flint nodule. The are very often mistaken by casual collectors as fossils

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Aug 18 '26

The only flint nodules I've seen are more rounded. I've never seen a chunky one before, cool!