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Mollusk fossils

Mollusk fossils
While walking to the power station to photograph the vultures, I noticed a fossilized mollusk shell in the ditch. On my return walk, I noticed a second fossil. I suppose they eroded out of the soil above the ditch. They are not a pair of shells, but two individuals. I am here holding them together.

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 HappySnapper
HappySnapper
I'm always interested in finds such as this, I once found a fossilised sea shell inside a chunk of chalk in our back garden,
We live 50 miles from the coast!
4 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to HappySnapper
Thanks for the comment, Maurice. There is chalk not very deep here. Where I live, a few hundred yards/meters away, there is lots of topsoil, but there are areas where the surface is chalk. Only a few species of trees, such as juniper, will grow there.
4 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
GREAT find, Ronald !!!!!!!!!
4 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet
Yes, I should walk along the road more often. There are many nearby things we rarely notice.
4 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
A nice pair of finds Ronald..............they make for a good close up image!
4 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thanks, Keith. Who knows what else is just below the surface of the ground.
4 years ago.
 Doerthe
Doerthe club
WOW, such great luck.
4 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Doerthe club
Thanks, Dörthe. It really was luck. But I guess I knew such things could be found here not too deep underground.
4 years ago.

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