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Offline bjrogg

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This Rock looks out of this world
« on: December 15, 2016, 06:36:11 pm »
Really wasn't sure where to post this so here it is around the campfire. I was at one of my neighbors today. I've seen this rock he found before but my curiosity couldn't take it anymore. I took a couple pictures hope they turn out ok. This is not your everyday garden verity rock. This thing looks out of this world. It has obvious erosion but I'm wondering if it's atmospheric and not water. Not sure if the tape measure will show up but it's about 11" long. Anybody got a guess? Meteorite? Pretty cool whatever it is
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2016, 06:47:25 pm »
Looks like a big piece of coprolite to me
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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2016, 06:51:48 pm »
I guess I don't know what that is Osage but it doesn't sound like a space traveler. It's still pretty cool looking rock. Thanks for the reply
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2016, 07:42:34 pm »
Coprolite = fossilized poop
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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2016, 07:49:39 pm »
Now that is cool. Could be from a woolly mammoth.  I think I like that better than a space traveler
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Offline Pat B

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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2016, 08:30:36 pm »
See if it is magnetic. I think most meteorites have lots of iron in them.   Is it heavy for it's size?
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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2016, 08:37:05 pm »
Pat I asked him those same questions. He said a magnet would not stick to it. I picked it up, it was heavy but I didn't think incredibly so. I like the petrified 💩poo
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Offline bubby

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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2016, 08:45:10 pm »
Quote from: osage outlaw on December 15, 2016, 07:42:34 pm
Coprolite = fossilized poop


Don't you mean crapulite😈
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2016, 08:51:32 pm »
Quote from: bubby on December 15, 2016, 08:45:10 pm
Quote from: osage outlaw on December 15, 2016, 07:42:34 pm
Coprolite = fossilized poop


Don't you mean crapulite😈

Nope.  I had it right.  I'm a licensed expert  ;D

I'm not sure if that is coprolite or not.  It kind of looks like it could be though. 
« Last Edit: December 15, 2016, 08:56:07 pm by osage outlaw »
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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2016, 09:06:26 pm »
I'd sure like to think so anyhow Osage. Where is JW when you need him? It sure looks like it could be a pile of petrified 💩
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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2016, 09:12:03 pm »
Quote from: osage outlaw on December 15, 2016, 08:51:32 pm
Quote from: bubby on December 15, 2016, 08:45:10 pm
Quote from: osage outlaw on December 15, 2016, 07:42:34 pm
Coprolite = fossilized poop


Don't you mean crapulite😈

Nope.  I had it right.  I'm a licensed expert  ;D

I'm not sure if that is coprolite or not.  It kind of looks like it could be though.


I'll go with you Clint, I'm not a poop expert like you
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Offline PaulN/KS

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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2016, 10:23:23 pm »
Without more details, such as weight, location of find, does it leave a red streak if you scratch it on cement and some other geo-geek stuff I don't understand...  ???
My geophysicist wife says it may be a concretion of some kind.
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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2016, 10:39:32 pm »
Pauls wife is right and then eroded from water. It is calcified or cemented sediment that has been eroded around the deposits that were cemented.
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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2016, 10:51:37 pm »
I think I agree with Eddie and Paul's wife. As much as I'd like to think Clint was right it seems eroded around some type of deposit
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Offline Zuma

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Re: This Rock looks out of this world
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2016, 11:58:46 pm »
Fossilized last meal stomach content of a hazelnut,
mushroom eating extinct buffalo.
Or maybe a concretion of some sort.
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PS I have seen huge formations of similar looking geology
in the Mojave Desert CA
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