DrWatson · 70-79, M
I once learned about something similar.For what it's worth, I'll share it with no guarantee that this is the whole story.
I once toured a cave whose ceiling was covered with that kind of formation. Our guide said it was called box work.
My imperfect memory of the explanation: ages ago, fissures developed in the rock. The fissures got filled with (molten?) rock of a different type.
The river that flowed through the cave caused erosion. But the filled-in rock was the harder of the two, so it remains while the softer rock around it has eroded away.
I once toured a cave whose ceiling was covered with that kind of formation. Our guide said it was called box work.
My imperfect memory of the explanation: ages ago, fissures developed in the rock. The fissures got filled with (molten?) rock of a different type.
The river that flowed through the cave caused erosion. But the filled-in rock was the harder of the two, so it remains while the softer rock around it has eroded away.
robingoodfellow · M
@DrWatson that's interesting. Thank you.
ScreamingFox · 41-45, F
Oooohh good find! That looks like a fossil! Perhaps some old roots or a leaf!
That's awesome!! I get a little excited about rocks lol that's really cool you found that and thank you for sharing.
That's awesome!! I get a little excited about rocks lol that's really cool you found that and thank you for sharing.
robingoodfellow · M
@ScreamingFox I wondered fossil too but I'm pretty sure it's a natural formation. I have some vague memory of seeing it before, maybe in school.
I considered taking it home but scrambling up a steep ravine and walking 20 minutes back to the car with a rock the size of a skateboard under my arm didn't seem fun. But I put it somewhere obvious so I can find it again if I change my mind.
I considered taking it home but scrambling up a steep ravine and walking 20 minutes back to the car with a rock the size of a skateboard under my arm didn't seem fun. But I put it somewhere obvious so I can find it again if I change my mind.
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Notsimilarreally · 31-35, F
Join a Facebook rockhounding group for your general area. People get these types of questions answered all the time.
Jessrf · 18-21, F
I dont know what it is or how it formed but that is a really cool looking rock!!! Tge lines look great
Mamapolo2016 · F
I think you should take the time to ask the owner of the shoe if he’s okay.
robingoodfellow · M
@Mamapolo2016 I'm not sure what you're saying. I put my foot there for scale.
Mamapolo2016 · F
SageWanderer · 70-79, M
Maybe in Google images? I tend to agree with @ScreamingFox that it looks like a fossil in a sedimentary rock.
robingoodfellow · M
@SageWanderer I tried that first, couldn't come up with anything definitive.
SageWanderer · 70-79, M
@robingoodfellow Wish I knew a geologist who could help. Everyone I know is either medical or metallurgical.
OogieBoogie · F
To my pretty ignorant eye, it kinda looks like shale that got fractured in sedimentary rock and then stuck there.
But without actually feeling it, i really wouldn't know for sure
It looks very cool.
But without actually feeling it, i really wouldn't know for sure
It looks very cool.
robingoodfellow · M
@OogieBoogie now that you say it, the part with the relief does have that reddish- shale look to it, different from the other half of the rock. I'm thinking you nailed it.
OogieBoogie · F
@robingoodfellow in truth - it really doesn't matter does it?
We see beauty in the most randomest of things.
And that's all that counts in the end,🤗
We see beauty in the most randomest of things.
And that's all that counts in the end,🤗
robingoodfellow · M
@OogieBoogie YES 😃
I'm a geologist..it rocks.
Frostcloud · F
idk but that's suuuuper cool 🙂↕
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Interesting whatever it is. I would keep that one.
Lava flow mark maybe? Depending where at
Fossilized organisms?
Fossilized organisms?