Dredged Chert

JohnDee1

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I was hunting a site for fossils, where they deposit dredged sand and I found this. At first I thought it was a vertebra of some kind, but then it occurred to me that it was a rock. After looking at it a bit, I think it may be a piece of chert. The removed cortex near the top looked similar to some types, and I could flake parts of it with a nail. Do you guys think it’s chert, and if it is could it be associated with a submerged site? Sound kind’ve far-fetched, but thanks for reading regardless! E6B49FFD-BC76-45DD-A81C-57C94EF2BF96.jpeg . A3A374C2-790C-4479-89A4-DAC615387668.jpeg 9BCABE86-5741-4121-A50D-76DD9F83093E.jpeg BAE15516-4315-491A-8310-928DE1090226.jpeg AC53EFCC-E854-45A7-8060-36E3133AE9E7.jpeg
 

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ToddsPoint

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It's a sedimentary rock for sure. Chert is sedimentary. Looks like it might be a small tabular piece of chert from the edge pic. Gary
 

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JohnDee1

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Thanks for the replies, I think you’re right. It looks similar to other Chert I found.
 

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