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Found at Wilkeson WA.


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Looking for some ID on these if anyone knows. 

Just trying to understand what I might have here. These were found around the coke ovens in Wilkeson. 

#1 Flat wood looking striations. 

#2 Black speckled

#3 Small dark pours evident

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Originally I was thinking septarian nodule based on #3 and #2 until I realized they were separate pieces. 

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The first two items look like slag, to me. 

The last looks like concrete. 

The third item may be plant material,  or ichnofossils. 

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1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said:

The first two items look like slag, to me. 

The last looks like concrete. 

The third item may be plant material,  or ichnofossils. 

Slag could be an answer... The coke o ens do have some of what looks like remnants from the coking process. 

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Coal shale possibly including poorly preserved plant fossils. Bracketed by slag, first and last photos.

The last may be the refractory cement that lined the oven.

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Thanks for this Rockwood. After some more research is it possible that the smaller one is Tenorite? Thanks everyone for your eyes on these. I'm a newb so learning as I go :-)

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26 minutes ago, Bloodrobe said:

is it possible that the smaller one is Tenorite?

Make sure I get supervision on this before you consider it definite.

If you put a small bit of it over a flame it should be easy to tell if the black is carbon. The worst that seems likely if it is Tenorite is you smelt some copper, but that is unlikely. :)

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