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    Posted 8 years ago

    Peasejean55
    (415 items)

    Hi martika, this is for you. I've decided to put a separate post up for this egg. It's interesting with all the different shapes, colours. A friend of mine seems to think that some of the marks are sea-anemones. It's very heavy, I was thinking marble? I can't remember where I bought this egg from. I've just posted some new photos taken outside. On pic number 1 and 4 you can see that stone has been inlaid very skilfully, there is a third but it wouldn't show. As anybody seen this sort of work before. I've had this egg for many years and have never really taken a interest, now I'm very interested.
    Any ideas would be much appreciated
    Many thanks for looking.

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    Comments

    1. martika martika, 8 years ago
      Very interesting! Your stone egg is full of fossils of sea creatures. I think too, it's a marble. And never saw that inlay work before on marble egg. The inlay is very obvious on the 4th picture. I will try to find more info about it.
    2. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 8 years ago
      Martika, it would be great if you found out more information on this egg, I'm most grateful for your help. Thank you.
    3. martika martika, 8 years ago
      You are more than welcome! By the way I think your friend is a quite good expert on stones! :)
    4. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 8 years ago
      Lol Martika, I shall tell him that, I'm sure he'll appreciate your comment.
    5. Deano Deano, 8 years ago
      Cool egg. You have there a piece of the ancient sea bed. Some of the creatures present in it are ammonites, the long ones are Orthoceras. Hope that helps.
    6. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 8 years ago
      Thank you Deano, for your help, I also think it's cool, many millions of years old. :-)
    7. rniederman rniederman, 8 years ago
      The white deposits are probably orthoceras fossils. It's unusual to see the rock polished into an egg shape.
    8. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      Superb! And so unusual in egg shape as Rniederman said :-)
    9. Dizzydave Dizzydave, 8 years ago
      Find a few online. http://agetrail.com/unt/8618-6_cms_polished_orthoceras_fossil_egg_201_gms.html
    10. Dizzydave Dizzydave, 8 years ago
      https://www.google.com/search?q=polished+egg+fossils&biw=1366&bih=655&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3j6ei4vbMAhUF4yYKHWAMAyEQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=_
    11. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 8 years ago
      Thank you for your comments and help rniederman, kyra and Dizzydave. I think this egg is now solved. :-) Dizzydave many thanks for your links.
    12. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 8 years ago
      Many thanks
      Windwalker
      martika
      aura
      blunderbuss
      GeodeJem
      mikelv
      NevedaBlades
      Efesgirl
      miederman
      SEAN
      vetraio
      ho2cultcha
      Caperkid
      racer
      kyra
      iggy
      TassieDevil
      valentino
    13. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 8 years ago
      Many thanks
      SEAN

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