NJArtifactFinder Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Hello Everyone, I am so thankful for your insight. I have recently purchased a few books on Indian Artifacts and look forward to reading them so as to stop pestering. Anyway, In Florida on my own property I found several interesting and beautiful things after Irma. Our property on Marco took a direct hit and many of the trees on our property and the Seawall went into our garage. I ventured outside to see what I could find. Can someone please tell me if this is Fossilized Coral or Fossilized Bone? My brother thinks it is cement. I think its an animal skull, and my husband thinks it coral. In picture 4 there are several deep gouges or ciuts. I will be posting some other pictures of things I found in Florida and any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Looks like a weathered limestone to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJArtifactFinder Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 Hi Darbi, Thank you for your insight. What about the shape of it? And it appears to have agatized in some spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbi Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 You're welcome and also welcome to TFF! The shape is caused by actions of water, I see all different kinds of shape, like this one, in the rivers all the time. Yes, it's probably pieces or nodules of chert embedded in limestone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 A very artsy piece, that would look nice in a rock garden! Definitely not a skull, and it doesn’t look like cement or concrete either. I think @Darbi is probably correct that it is limestone, the only thing I would add is there are certain places that look like they could be coral or have coral fragments in them. Sort of like a chunk of a coral reef tumbled around and washed ashore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indagator Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 This is usually a limestone/calcite combination. It is much harder than the limestone that eroded away. Sometimes flintstones chunks can also be found within these type of rocks. I think the dark grey chunks are in fact flint stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJArtifactFinder Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Terrific! Thank you very much. I love rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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