Found this rock.....

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diggummup said:
Almost looks like a small stalagmite,but what do I know. :-\ Where was it found? also what size is it?

Hi there, thank you for you kind reply. I found it on a Corn Field, near the river. The size is about a litle over an inch. Hope this helps and if you need more pics, i would gladly provide.
 

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fiatboy

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I don't the answer, but I've found something like that myself, so I'm curious as well. Any rock hounds out there?
 

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fiatboy

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If it sits here a while without any replies, we could always ask the folks in the "What is it?" forum.
Fossis, perhaps you would care to enlighten us?
 

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fossis

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It doesnit 'jump out at me', I would guess just
a weathered piece of material, looks like flint rock,
maybe something the Indians brought home.
I have found small crystals at camp sites, (looked
like they were carried in 'medicine pouches, very worn).

Fossis................
 

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fossis said:
It doesnit 'jump out at me', I would guess just
a weathered piece of material, looks like flint rock,
maybe something the Indians brought home.
I have found small crystals at camp sites, (looked
like they were carried in 'medicine pouches, very worn).

Fossis................

Thank you for your input Fossis. Much appreciated. :)
 

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Could you take a pic of it laying in water? (it helps seeing the "real" color better)
 

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justine093

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that whitish color certainly looks like a calcium formation from a cave...
(I guess you couldn't say stalactite or stalagmite until you saw it's original
orientation.)
 

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ONE OLD CROW

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You could drop some vinegar on it . If it foams up It probably a part of a stalagmite/stalagtite. No foam I could be a stream washed/weathered mastodon tooth. If so it would have layers of tooth material and bone. Looks very weathered.
 

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Brian T. Booth

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Could anyone tell me what this could be ? Thanks in advance for your reply. Highly appreciated.

Not really sure but it looks to be just a odd little quartz nodule. The only fossil that it remotely resembles is a crinoid stem. What you might have is a Crinoid stem that has been replaced with silica. Neat little find.
 

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