what is this rock?

[Tonja James]

This rock was found in south west Ohio...can anyone tell me what it is? or is this a fossil? The size is 2inches by 2 inches

 

[Digginrebel]

I am no rock expert for sure. Does look fossilized though. A tree or something else.

 

[Alex Burke]

Fossil, tree, I'm almost positive but often wrong

 

[DDancer]

A view of the back and the thick side would be nice. Texture looks to odd for a fossil.

 

[Tonja James]

The back side looks just like the front. The rings are just the same all the way thru...I don't think it is a fossil...feels like a rock.

 

[kingskid1611]

petrified wood is what it looks like

 

[Mrdigz]

Looks like Fossilized wood from the photo.

 

[unclemac]

petrified wood would in fact be a fossil....yours is

 

[Tigger]

There was another recent post about a cave feature - perhaps this could be a piece of a stalagtite/mite? I collect petrified wood, and this doesn't seem right for that, and seems off for an agate. Very nice specimen.

 

[Brian T. Booth]

It's a evaporite. Probably salt or gypsum. Those are growth rings centralized around a nucleation point. The picture provided is a salt deposit on a much larger scale.

 

[SorenCoins]

Definite evaporite