Dinosaur egg?

[Cindy Casqueira]

Found in the desert in Tucson, Arizona.  The “spots” are where the outer  shell have peeled off and there a a slight ridge

[caterpillar]

Just a stone

[DPS Ammonite]

Welcome to the Forum.

 

Does this have an unnatural polish? It looks like the human cut and polished Shiva Lingam Stones. Notice near similar color and patterns.

 

https://werockrocks.com/2014/08/13/shiva-lingam/

https://thecovenscottage.com/products/1-shiva-lingam-stone

 

Edited September 16, 2022 by DPS Ammonite

[Ludwigia]

Definitely not an egg at any rate. What leads you to say that the "outer shell" peeled off where the spots are? Did you do that yourself or are you just imagining that?

[Rockwood]

2 hours ago, Cindy Casqueira said:

The “spots” are where the outer  shell have peeled off and there a a slight ridge

The alternate explanation would be that these are inclusions which were more resistant to wear during whatever process shaped the stone. 

The shape is close, but I agree that it is not an egg. 

[Cindy Casqueira]

25 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

Definitely not an egg at any rate. What leads you to say that the "outer shell" peeled off where the spots are? Did you do that yourself or are you just imagining that?

I can feel it.  I found it that way.  There are ridges where the spots are

[Cindy Casqueira]

This is larger than the shiva. 

[Ludwigia]

15 minutes ago, Cindy Casqueira said:

I can feel it.

 

So you're imagining it. Granted, it may not be a shiva, since DPS only suggested that it looks like one, but it is definitely a rock and not an egg. Please study this.

[Cindy Casqueira]

I’m imaging that I feel the ridges where the spots are?  Ok.  Well it probably is a shiva.  But I haven’t imagined anything. 

[Ludwigia]

I meant that you were imagining that a shell was there previously.

[Phos_01]

Hello and welcome to the forum. It's a beautiful rock that suggests an egg shape. But its not a Dinosaur egg.

 

Fore more information, please visit this link

 

 

 

[RJB]

Rock

[JohnJ]

8 hours ago, Cindy Casqueira said:

I can feel it.  I found it that way.  There are ridges where the spots are

 

8 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

 

So you're imagining it. Granted, it may not be a shiva, since DPS only suggested that it looks like one, but it is definitely a rock and not an egg. Please study this.

 

Roger, I'm fairly certain she means she can feel it with her fingers, not her emotions.  

 

@Cindy Casqueira it's a cool looking stone.  The spots were deeper depressions that exceeded the extent of the overall erosion.  

[Ludwigia]

11 hours ago, Cindy Casqueira said:

The “spots” are where the outer  shell have peeled off and there a a slight ridge

 

 

29 minutes ago, JohnJ said:

 

 

Roger, I'm fairly certain she means she can feel it with her fingers, not her emotions.  

 

Yes, of course I understood that she was referring here to the ridges which she could feel with her fingers. I was rather referring with my comment to the above quote which she made at the beginning of the thread about a nonexistent shell. I hope I've made myself understood now.

[DPS Ammonite]

It appears that other Shiva Lingam stones have been found in the Arizona desert. I think burying them brings good luck. Again, note similarity.

 

Thousands of Shiva stones are sold every year in Tucson at the numerous rock shows. A few probably escape captivity.

 

Did you find it is pristine desert outside of human influence?

 

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/107065-what-is-this/&tab=comments#comment-1187036

 

Having seen millions of water worn stones in my lifetime, the elongated oval shape of your rock is extremely extremely rare. It had human help to made it into that shape.

 

Edited September 16, 2022 by DPS Ammonite

[Fossildude19]

9 hours ago, Cindy Casqueira said:

This is larger than the shiva. 

 

They can be any size: