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[uzd]

Dug this on a Stagecoach line route. Looks worked, diamond cut? 4x2.5x1. Thanks

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[CoilyGirl]

Chunk of concrete?

 

[Tony in SC]

Piece of crude ceramic bowl? Tony

 

[NHBandit]

^^^^^ What they said. If you tell us what it's made of maybe we can help

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Looks like a plaster or cement piece. Part of an old building cornice or monument . . . perhaps?

 

[BosnMate]

Stale cheese that a rat chewed on. Looks crystallized where what ever it is broke off.

 

[bigfoot1]

my guess is gypsum specimen.naturally occuring shape....

 

[bigfoot1]

uzd..welcome

any chance it was found in kern county ca.?if so might be tincalsonite(after borax)and could be worth some money..
http://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/39870

 

[Ant]

If it is not man made my guess is that it was carved by glacial action:
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[Got_4by4]

It is metal that sometimes crystallizes when poured at certain temperatures.

 

[bradyboy]

clearly man made
what is the material?
Buffing stone ?
Brady

 

[uzd]

The material appears to be brass, its the cleavage or fracture thats puzzling.


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[bigfoot1]

prolly should have mentioned that in begining...molten brass water cooled quickly.