interesting rock found at mi lake.

[fly]

Hello I am new here I found this odd looking rock and wanted find out what exactly could it be? It's interesting shape and sparkly features got me wondering.

 

[Tpmetal]

looks like a fossil of some sort. wild shot in the dark here, sea urchin or something?

 

[toddbbq]

Looks like a petoskey stone.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Looks like an echinoderm - sea urchin as TP says.

 

[Hawks88]

Welcome to tnet. Sorry I don’t know much about fossils.

 

[Tpmetal]

Looks like an echinoderm - sea urchin as TP says.

there is one of those technical words I am lacking, and much too lazy to look up haha.

 

[fly]

Thank you for reply's everyone I compared it to most sea urchins and sponges this 19 century image is kinda close to the rock yet it has lines instead of the dots?, I think I will just keep it in display case and if we agree on some other reason I can smash it with hammer and we can find out what's inside https://www.123rf.com/photo_42493380_19th-century-engraving-of-a-sea-urchin.html

 

[Goldminer]

That is an enchinoderm fossil. I found hundreds of them 1500 feet above sea level off the northern coast of Haiti.

 

[Kray Gelder]

there is one of those technical words I am lacking, and much too lazy to look up haha.

I have too many words bouncing around in my head that don't get used much. You already ID'd it, but I needed to pull out "echinoderm" and dust it off. LOL.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Thank you for reply's everyone I compared it to most sea urchins and sponges this 19 century image is kinda close to the rock yet it has lines instead of the dots?, I think I will just keep it in display case and if we agree on some other reason I can smash it with hammer and we can find out what's inside https://www.123rf.com/photo_42493380_19th-century-engraving-of-a-sea-urchin.html

Oh Hell, don't smash it! There's nothing in there, and it's a nice specimen!

 

[Kray Gelder]

If you told us pretty close where you found it, we can even tell you how many millions of years old it is + or - a few mil.

 

[Tpmetal]

I have too many words bouncing around in my head that don't get used much. You already ID'd it, but I needed to pull out "echinoderm" and dust it off. LOL.

Well i'll definitely be adding that to my vocabulary.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice looking fossil!