Nautilus Shell

Cliffe Castle Museum at Keighley not only has a large collection of geological mineral samples, but also numerous fossils. This Nautilus Shell dates back to the Jurassic period (which began some 200 million years ago and ended 145 million years ago).

The information label with this fossil reads: “Calcite replaces the shell but mud infills the first chamber and the siphuncle tube”.

Ian

[bkb in the city]

Very cool

[Graham Thresher]

An interesting capture.

[Lynne Hart]

Interesting capture and information.

[Pyrrhula]

And they are still to be found.
Remember them from musea : see
https://nl.pinterest.com/luxurybynature/nautilus-bekers

[gloria jones]

Wonderful capture, details and narrative

[Peter Dulis]

lovely capture ...

[Tony]

Perfect capture, amazing to see an object from that far in the past.

[Karen Mitchell]

Oh gorgeous. Really nice fossil.

[Kim Crisp]

Very interesting.

[Susiangelgirl]

Wonderful shot.

[Fisher Family]

@bkbinthecity @thresheg @lhart @pyrrhula @seattlite @pdulis @tonydebont @kandkids @kimcrisp @susiangelgirl

Thank you all for your comments and favs, which put this shot on the popular page.

I was fascinated by the geology displays at this museum. I could easily have spent several hours looking and photographing the wide range of geological specimens there.

Ian

[bruni]

Such a nice capture. I've a pair of earrings of a Nautilus shell.

[Fisher Family]

@bruni

They must look very attractive Bruni.

Ian