Mazzalani11
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Wondering what would cause this pitting.
🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Is this fossil in nature?
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No idea, but it's certainly a cool looking rock. 
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The pitting is likely an impression of the rock in which this piece was once a layer. The bond between the rock and this layer would have broken, or the rock would have been eroded, leaving this piece of the layer with the impressions.
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