Mystery Object

[skorpion]

Hi Folks

Sorry to bore you but could this be a fossil?
It is very light.

Pete

[webmaster]

I do not think it is a fossil. I cannot recognise any structures op living compartments of corals or other organisms. I thing the rock is some volcanic pumice rock.

[Editted by webmaster on 01-06-2007 at 11:28 GMT +1]

[Stijn]

no fossil indeed

look for reaction with HCl to look if it is a weathered limestone, or to the microstructure of the stone if it can be volcanic rock (pumice)

cheers stijn

[Junior]

I have a rock like that to,
when I found it my friends grandad(who is an archeologist) sed it was an, I don\'t know how to call it in English, so I have to say it in dutch, an \'vuursteen\' from the Createcious Era.

PS: does annybody knows how it\'s called in english?

[DNAtim]

Vuursteen= Flint(stone) or Silex. The stone shown here aint flint, pumice also seems the most reasonable to me.

[Junior]

oh, ok.
i saw it just now, it ain\'t the same thing...:S