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Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 01:48 AM
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Recently we burned some brush and the next day I found this laying in the middle of the burn pile. It is egg shaped and very smooth and the interesting thing is that it FLOATS in a glass of water! It feels lighter than it should be but has a very hard exterior. Any ideas on what it is?
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 02:23 AM
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 02:30 AM
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 03:48 AM
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+1 That was what came to mind when I first looked at it.
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 03:57 AM
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Fossilized moose shyte: Probably about 10,000 years old as this is the last time a moose was spotted in Texas. In reality it sure looks like an egg to me.
Last edited by Hirogen; 04/25/16 04:00 AM.
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 10:13 AM
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Post a pic of it floating in water. Looks like a concretion to me.
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 10:42 AM
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+1 That was what came to mind when I first looked at it. I was thinking petrofyed patato . Cool what ever it is
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 01:02 PM
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Pretty darn cool whatever it turns out to be If you go on the Perot Museum of science you can send in a picture and information on it and they should be able to tell you what it is or direct you elsewhere.
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 01:31 PM
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I will bet some one had a Chicken coop there or around there at one time, snake may have eaten a "starter egg" or someone may have thrown it there, either way, I am betting it's a "starter egg" for chickens. The discoloration is from the burn and age I would presume.
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 01:35 PM
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I will bet some one had a Chicken coop there or around there at one time, snake may have eaten a "starter egg" or someone may have thrown it there, either way, I am betting it's a "starter egg" for chickens. The discoloration is from the burn and age I would presume. This seems very logical.
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 02:01 PM
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 04:03 PM
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It certainly has an egg shape, but fossilized eggs are pretty rare and a 'surface find' would be even rarer.
Pretty cool...whatever it is.
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 04:52 PM
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OK, from the idiot section what is a "Starter Egg"
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To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, right or wrong - is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 07:45 PM
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Thank you for all of the responses so far, I may take it to a geologist at UTA later this week to put my mind at ease. Post a pic of it floating in water. Looks like a concretion to me.
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 09:23 PM
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Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 09:43 PM
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crack it open , an see whats inside
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 10:02 PM
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 10:04 PM
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please break it open, it's really bothering me
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 10:06 PM
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I'm no geologist, but I think the scientific name is "huevo quemado".
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/25/16 11:32 PM
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OK, from the idiot section what is a "Starter Egg" A fake egg you put in a nest box to encourage hens to lay in that box....my grandmother just used golf balls....
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/26/16 10:24 AM
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Just wondering what prompted you to put it in a glass of water in the first place.????
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/26/16 11:32 AM
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Just wondering what prompted you to put it in a glass of water in the first place.???? He wanted a drink 'on the rocks'
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04/26/16 11:54 AM
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/26/16 12:01 PM
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Thank you for all of the responses so far, I may take it to a geologist at UTA later this week to put my mind at ease. Post a pic of it floating in water. Looks like a concretion to me. Quick search shows a wide variety of started eggs from plastic, wood and ceramic. http://www.amazon.com/Mexas-Farms-Cerami...ic+chicken+eggs
Last edited by HWY_MAN; 04/26/16 12:04 PM.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: Interesting Rock - Need ID help
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04/27/16 12:16 PM
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Thank you for all of the responses so far, I may take it to a geologist at UTA later this week to put my mind at ease. Post a pic of it floating in water. Looks like a concretion to me. Well?
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