Mystery Item.....Found in Spanish Fort AL....Help ID

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I found this in my backyard fossil/rock hunting
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Looks like some type of coral that was attached to large rocks at one time. As there aren't any rocks in the ocean in Alabama, it may have been a ballast stone brought in on a ship, and used for some other purpose. Cool find.
 

There is a thread here "Got a rock you identified?" with some very helpful people that post on it. You might try them. Good luck.
 

It looks like trabecular bone to me (broken)... typically found internally at the ends of "long" bones. If it is bone, how old or what from I wouldn't like to say... especially since we only have one view of it (possibly showing an articulation surface) but no size reference nor weight indication.
 

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