JUST LEARNING. DON'T KNOW IF MY PICTURE MADE THIS OR NOT SOOOO I'M SENDING IT ANYWAY. IF THIS WORKS, I WILL WRITE DETAILS AND A FEW BETTER PICTURES. MY FATHER FOUND THIS AS A CHILD , HE THOUGHT IT WAS A METEOR. BUT ITS NOT. IT WEIGHS 20# ,NOT MAGNETIC AT ALL AND CAME FROM FORT SMITH ,ARKANSAS AREA OR POSSIBLY HOWE,OKLAHOMA AREA.ROCK,FOSSIL...?
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JUST LEARNING. DON'T KNOW IF MY PICTURE MADE THIS OR NOT SOOOO I'M SENDING IT ANYWAY. IF THIS WORKS, I WILL WRITE DETAILS AND A FEW BETTER PICTURES. MY FATHER FOUND THIS AS A CHILD , HE THOUGHT IT WAS A METEOR. BUT ITS NOT. IT WEIGHS 20# ,NOT MAGNETIC AT ALL AND CAME FROM FORT SMITH ,ARKANSAS AREA OR POSSIBLY HOWE,OKLAHOMA AREA.
Harry Pristis
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This appears to be a septarian nodule, a clay ball that has dried and cracked. The cracks then were infiltrated by minerals, often the mineral is calcite in crystals.
FindSomeGold
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It's not a rock, it's a 'septarian nodule' as stated above. Do a Google image search for 'septarian nodule' and you'll see many just like yours.
Looks like a septarian here is a really old one I found. Looks just like one. But thats a much newer and nicer one. Good luck. You can see the cracking on the lower right. (this is a much older specimen it actually cracke in half in my hands. But you can see cracking on it. Good luck.
