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Inside a piece of stone? Or a giant meteorite? Or a petrified hamburger?

Inside a piece of stone?  Or a giant meteorite?  Or a petrified hamburger?
Flint often forms as nodules in sedimentary rocks such as chalk and marine limestones. The nodules can be dispersed randomly throughout the rock unit but are often concentrated in distinct layers. It has been used by humans to make stone tools for at least two million years. The conchoidal fracture of flint causes it to break into sharp-edged pieces. Early people recognized this property of flint and learned how to fashion it into knife blades, spear points, arrowheads, axes, and other sharp tools using a method known as flint-knapping. It is very common in Norfolk, and many buildings are faced with it. This small piece of flint was picked up in the area of Grime's Graves.

See more about Grime's Graves here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grime%27s_Graves

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27 comments - The latest ones
 Boro
Boro
Superbe ***********
6 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
un objet toujours intéressant à découvrir !! Du silex le plus souvent entouré d'une couche de craie
Belle prise évoquant un objet dans l'espace !
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Puzzler4879
Puzzler4879
Great shot, Amelia, and thanks for the background on flint!
6 years ago.
 Ko Hummel
Ko Hummel club
looks like a petrified Hamburger. great picture
6 years ago.
Amelia club has replied to Ko Hummel club
Added to the title. :-))))))
6 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
Love the comment made by Ko, lol !!! Great capture and sideral mood !!!!!!!!!!!!!! HMM !!
6 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Beautiful, Amelia !
6 years ago.
 RHH
RHH
Lovely piece and a great photo.
6 years ago.
 Cämmerer zu Nau
Cämmerer zu Nau club
Ganz vorzügliche Erläuterung zu den Feuersteinen.
6 years ago.
 Edward Bowthorpe
Edward Bowthorpe
That is so interesting Amelia,eddie,xx
6 years ago.
 HappySnapper
HappySnapper
Grimes Graves is a couple of miles from us but after twenty years living here we have never visited there. We get buckets full of this stuff as it works it way out of the ground and I found a fossilised shell in a piece of chalk which shows Norfolk must have been under the sea at some point in time.
6 years ago.
Amelia club has replied to HappySnapper
It may be worth visiting the area to look at all the strange humps and hollows of the old mine-shafts, Maurice, but to pay English heritage money to go down the ladder to visit the 'mines' is not worth the money. I did belong the EH at the time, but many of their sites seem to be closed every time we visit, including our local one in Shrewsbury - Haughmond Abbey. The best view would be from a drone camera. Some nice wild flowers in the hollows though.
6 years ago.
Pam J club has replied to HappySnapper
I have been there.. it is an interesting place. Most of Norfolk will be under the sea with global warming !
6 years ago.
 Nick Weall
Nick Weall club
Love the title, the shot and the info ~~~ x
6 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
Prompts happy memories of Time Team and Phil Harding.
6 years ago.
 klaus 040
klaus 040 club
petrified Hamburger - that's the best title, Amelia. Must be very old LOL!
6 years ago.
Amelia club has replied to klaus 040 club
The petrified hamburger was Ko's line, Klaus. I'm sure your not one of those. ;-)
6 years ago.
klaus 040 club has replied to Amelia club
quite right!
6 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Flint took mankind to a new level. Its important is underrated
6 years ago.
 grobi358
grobi358 club
I think it´s a hamburger of the Flintstones ;))
6 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Perfect how the dark reflecting surface shows both sides! This really could be something from space!
6 years ago.
 John Sheldon
John Sheldon club
A terrific picture, and interesting text, thank you!
6 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
A petrified hamburger made me laugh, so you deserve a YS for that ;-))
6 years ago.
 Boarischa Krautmo
Boarischa Krautmo club
good shot, my first thought was a burger, too ;-))
6 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
A superb specimen
6 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A giant oyster in space. :-) Interesting background on the flint and its use in spearheads.
6 years ago.

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