Rocks and Fossils

This is how you can tell the difference between a rock and a fossil just by licking it. #bighistory #archaeology #rocks #fossils #geology #paleontology #facts #Factionary

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Every rockhound loves a good geode, and the best are those we’ve gathered ourselves. While it can be tempting to start busting every rock you find with a rock pick, you can usually tell before you attack. Geodes are a specific formation and can usually be identified by their round shape and bumpy texture. These reliable indicators don’t tell the whole story, however. So, let’s go a bit further and give you an overview of how to tell if a rock is a geode.

Aaron and Shae on Instagram: "Here are two spherical rocks that we found in a loose shale slab after they fell from the cliff. Once extracted we opened them up with our hammer 🏝🌊 Inside the first nodule, a stunning eleganticeras ammonite from the Jurassic 😍🦑 Inside the second, a fossil poo! These ammonites are around 185 Million Years Old and would have swam the seas as prey for Ichthyosaurs, Plesiosaurs and Marine Crocodiles! 🐊 If you would like an ammonite rock to crack open…

Ooh I know all this, helpful for sorting your rock collection!

Seahorse fossil

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THE GEOLOGY | CRYSTALS on Instagram: "🤯 What an incredible find! 🌅 They discovered a perfect limestone rock! 🌊 🏝️ After carefully extracting it from the soft shale, they opened the nodule to reveal the 185 Million Year Old fossil that was preserved within! @yorkshire.fossils ✅ #natural #nature #fossil #fossils #ancient #animals #art #ammonite #ammonites #dinosaur #scientist #minerals #paleontology #whitby #geologist #dorset #geology #charmouth #jurassic #yorkshire"

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