Fractured Shale Stone

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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.

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."