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Post by gingerkid on Apr 15, 2012 14:41:49 GMT -5
Hi, I wondered if y'all might please help me identify this mystery rock. A friend of mine from Oregon was very kind and sent it to us to add to our rock garden. I believe it is from Oregon. Not sure if it's a thunder egg with funky formations, or what it might possibly be called. It looks like it might have barnacles on it. There is an area on the bottom of that looks like it may have been attached to something. Many thanks!! Attachments:
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 15, 2012 14:46:04 GMT -5
If I need to post more pics of it, please let me know and I'll post more of them.
Oh, forgot to let y'all know that it is fairly large. It's about 7 inches long and 4 inches wide.
Thanks!!
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 15, 2012 15:19:00 GMT -5
A pic that shows colors more clearly, and one showing the matrix would help. There are many geode and thunder egg digs in and around Oregon. Many look very similar to each other.
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Post by Pat on Apr 15, 2012 15:46:34 GMT -5
Hmmm, at first glance, it looks like a squinting snaggle-toothed critter with its mouth wide open. At second glance, I don't know...
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 15, 2012 21:04:22 GMT -5
Hmmm, at first glance, it looks like a squinting snaggle-toothed critter with its mouth wide open. At second glance, I don't know... ROFL, Pat!!! ;D Here's some pics I took of it this afternoon, jakesrocks. Sorry about the not so great photography. :blush: Looks like there's some orange on it, which can be seen in the last pic Side view Another side view near the "attachment" area Inside the rock Crystals near opening Area where it looks as if the rock were attached to something Close up
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Post by helens on Apr 15, 2012 21:12:17 GMT -5
Uh.... it looks like a fossilized pufferfish:).
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 15, 2012 21:27:39 GMT -5
Uh.... it looks like a fossilized pufferfish:). Hilarious!! ROFL!!! I kinda does look like a (fossilized) pufferfish. ;D Helen, I wondered if it might be a piece of coral, but, I don't think it is. Wait, I may be wrong about the locality of the piece. I cannot remember if he told me it was from Nevada or Oregon. Will have to find out.
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 15, 2012 21:54:39 GMT -5
It looks like at some time in its millions of years life, it spent some time in salt water. That is coral growth on parts of it.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 15, 2012 22:10:28 GMT -5
Thanks, jakesrocks! I'll have to ask Kevin where it was found. It is a strange yet cool-lookin' rock.
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 17, 2012 12:44:00 GMT -5
Looks to be like a sea fossil of some sort................
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2012 13:07:32 GMT -5
I've seen a few of these, and still have one. They are from north-central Nevada, and don't look like unfilled thundereggs/geodes I've seen, don't appear to have "sponge" features when magnified, and not really anything that screams "coral". Does n. Nevada produce sea fossils (have only looked for wood)? I was thinking maybe some sort of fossil bog plant, but Gingerkid is right about the attachment point (on mine it is a long, narrow band, about the width of a pencil. The hollow area goes right to the bottom on mine. Here are pictures of the one I have:
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