Lynn Miller Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 I found this rock in an outflow stream of the Coeur d'Alene River in Idaho. I believe it is fossilized scat. On the first size are bone shards of something the animal ate who deposited the (believed) scat. On the opposite side, I believe there are faint small animal foot prints. There are claw impressions, slightly oval in form, with deep claw like impressions. I could be wrong. Can anyone help me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpc Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 I don't think it is poop, but the pix are too out of focus to be able to see much. Can you reshoot it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lynn Miller Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) Is this image any better... for a non-professional? This photo is of the stone dry. The earlier pictures were the stone wet. You can see geometric depressions where bone fragment loosened from this rock. Edited August 25, 2020 by Lynn Miller clarification Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 These are the most helpful views. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpc Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 That is a much better photo. I think it is mineral structures (crystals) you have, not bones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daves64 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 I think that may be porphyry. An igneous (volcanic) rock. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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