Fractured Shale Stone
Common name: fractured shale stone
Locations: the shores of Cobscook Bay (Pembroke, ME.), Passamaquoddy Bay (Eastport, ME.)
Seasonality: available all year
Colors: gray
Size: 1, 5 gallon (stones ~1/4” - 4”)
Collected: by hand
Quantity: by the gallon
Common name: fractured shale stone
Locations: the shores of Cobscook Bay (Pembroke, ME.), Passamaquoddy Bay (Eastport, ME.)
Seasonality: available all year
Colors: gray
Size: 1, 5 gallon (stones ~1/4” - 4”)
Collected: by hand
Quantity: by the gallon
Common name: fractured shale stone
Locations: the shores of Cobscook Bay (Pembroke, ME.), Passamaquoddy Bay (Eastport, ME.)
Seasonality: available all year
Colors: gray
Size: 1, 5 gallon (stones ~1/4” - 4”)
Collected: by hand
Quantity: by the gallon
Shale overturned by a clam rake.
Tidepool Tim says, "A fine collection of shale shards originating as marine sediments millions of years ago. Shale is often the substrate containing fossils from the Devonian in the Downeast region of Maine! We find fossils here by cracking open shale where the rocky beach meets the eroding soil shelf along the shores."
