I love a good mystery! The photo above is just that. I found the rock yesterday in the creek just below our house during our dog-adventure which we take every day. While the image appears convex, it is the opposite: concave. The chunk of rock appears at one time to have been hot, maybe molten. Measurements of the solidly embedded specimen--or perhaps I should say the mold made by the once solidly embedded specimen: about three inches long, an inch and a half at the widest part (on the left); unusual shiny metallic veins that glint in the sun. The rock is more basalt-like than regular sandstone or limestone. It measures about six inches across. Pretty heavy, too, having carried it up from the creek-bottom..
Do I have a fossil? A trilobyte of some kind? A visitor from outer space? Ideas please!
I think it's possibly a mold left by a horn coral. But I don't know if the geologic age is right for them in the Greenbrier Valley. I'll bet there's a geologist at Concord or Bluefield State who can identify it. Jim
ReplyDeleteI'd check with the professionals at some college or state office. Interesting object. -- barbara
ReplyDeleteI believe you're onto something, Jim. I'll email the appropriate sources and get back with everyone with--if not a "solution" at least some more trails. Thanks much!
ReplyDeleteWill do, Barbara! Thanks much for your suggestions on this. It's right peculiar!
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