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[Kbcon]

 

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[Kbcon]

It weighs 43 lbs. I thought possibility a petrified ant nest of some sort.

 

[ARC]

I have no clue as to what that is... but man is it cool.

43 lbs ? crazy...

Looks almost like a smashed parrot shell.

What is the composition ? stone ? - ? ?

 

[DCMatt]

Petrified Michelin egg?

 

[smokeythecat]

My best thought is a very large concretion originally made from several types of materials, that's why the softer materials have already weathered away.

 

[Kbcon]

Yes. It's stone. A little rusty looking but not iron. Looks perhaps it's spent some time in running water and softer minerals have eroded away. I'm tempted to try and cut it in half but won't.

 

[buck8point]

Sure appears Sedimentary.. Very Interesting.. Any chance we could see it from a few different angles?

 

[olroy70]

it is a rock, but would be a part of my rocks!!!!!!!

 

[s2ndjetli]

Cool, I need that for my Sluice box

 

[Kray Gelder]

Cool rock!

 

[Kbcon]

Yeah I'll post a bunch more pics of it seeing that it interests folks. Stay tuned. Oh hey look what I found while digging out a stump today.

 

[Kbcon]

1947 double dot Pepsi Cola bottle

 

[Hawks88]

That is one heck of a rock.

 

[Kbcon]

Thanks. It's killing me not knowing what exactly what it is and how it was formed

 

[Kbcon]

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[Older The Better]

my two cents... maybe sedimentary from an environment like a river or a beach where depending on conditions sand or mud were deposited which became sandstone and shale, the sandstone is weathering faster than the shale.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I'd say it's metamorphic...quartzite. Gary

 

[Kbcon]

I can't imagine it being native to the area I found it. There's absolutely nothing that resembles it at all. My guess there's a story to this thing that I wish I knew.

 

[Anduril]

Do a Google image search for "Beehive Valley of Fire".
Short answer: Wind and water erosion.

BTW: Awesome day trip if in Vegas you get tired of the strip & gambling!
https://www.valley-of-fire.com

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:One_of_the_Beehives_(8285924273).jpg

 

[Kbcon]

Other than being a cool looking rock of some sort( everyone has great ideas). I'm gonna call it a flux capacitor out of the back to the Future delorian. Thanks everyone.