🔎 UNIDENTIFIED A perfectly round rock

[CrystalEve]

I found this near a wash in La Plata, New Mexico.

 

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[ticndig]

native American

an gaming stone ? that what it looks like to me.

 

[jgoetz4]

Possible grape shot cannon ball. What's the weight and composition? Just an idea
Jim

 

[Clay Diggins]

It's a natural sandstone concretion. They are common in that region of the Colorado plateau.

 

[NJearthman]

Moqui Balls — sandstone concretion is correct

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[Tony in SC]

We have found round balls in the wash holes in the rocks along the Savannah river.

 

[giuhalftrack]

the stone have sings around the circumference, like lathe markings...
if those signs are there because of different hardness of little strata and consequently differential erosion the stone can't be perfectly round...
pebbles are not round by nature because minerals and rocks are not equally hard in every direction so they are eroded with different speed

 

[Clay Diggins]

the stone have sings around the circumference, like lathe markings...
if those signs are there because of different hardness of little strata and consequently differential erosion the stone can't be perfectly round...
pebbles are not round by nature because minerals and rocks are not equally hard in every direction so they are eroded with different speed

So your theory is someone at some time made round stone balls on their lathe(?) and then left them scattered all over the Colorado Plateau as well as several thousand different localities worldwide?

Do you think the geologists worldwide are just making up a story about concretions to cover for their ignorance of who had a rock lathe 600,000 years ago?

Maybe you could explain your theory in more detail. It might help us understand what you think happened.

 

[bowwinkles]

Dam, you found Mr. Flintstones lost Q ball.

 

[Ohiogoldfever]

We’ve found larger stones that have been ground by glacial movements. Trillions of rocks out there. Some will surly end up spherical.

 

[Laneybug]

I found this near a wash in La Plata, New Mexico.

It doesn’t look to me like sand stone. Maybe It’s just hard to tell in the picture. is it sand stone?

 

[CrystalEve]

It doesn’t look to me like sand stone. Maybe It’s just hard to tell in the picture. is it sand stone?

No, it isnt sandstone. It is very hard but feels hollow.

 

[Laneybug]

No, it isnt sandstone. It is very hard but feels hollow.

Oh wow that’s so awesome! I know thunder eggs are rough and textured on the outside but What if they shaped and polished one Wouldn’t that be something?