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lockguy2

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Hi, I am new to the site. I have had this rock for 50 years.

I would love to know what it is and how it was made. I don't remember much about the details on getting it. The kid I got it from lived in Virginia.

I always thought it was a petrified egg.

 

Some of the people I shown it to say it was just a stone in flowing water for a long time. A tool for native Americans to make paint, or a heating stone  for native Americans to heat water.  I have had it x-rayed, with no results. I would really appreciate anyone who can tell me about it or where I can get it tested without destroying it. The surface is porous looking not smooth.

 

 

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It looks like a very nicely rounded (water worn) pebble to me. When you say the X-ray had “no results”, do you mean it just showed a homogeneous picture?  If so, I would think that would further suggest a rock. 

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I would agree that this is just a rock which happens to have an egg-like shape. If you want to know more about what it really is and how it was made, you would need to show it in person to a trained geologist, maybe at your nearest natural history museum.

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9 hours ago, lockguy2 said:

got it from lived in Virginia.

If it was from the flatter areas where farming is common it is likely to be a farm implement. Stone 'eggs' were used in hen's nests. I forget the reasoning for it, but I think the stones were store bought. 

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1 hour ago, Rockwood said:

If it was from the flatter areas where farming is common it is likely to be a farm implement. Stone 'eggs' were used in hen's nests. I forget the reasoning for it, but I think the stones were store bought. 

I believe they put the stone eggs where they want their hens to lay.  Hens prefer to lay in a nest that already has eggs.  At least, that is my understanding.

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1 hour ago, Fin Lover said:

I believe they put the stone eggs where they want their hens to lay.  Hens prefer to lay in a nest that already has eggs.  At least, that is my understanding.

Yes. I guess we do need to remember that the chickens were farm workers by day, patrolling the grounds for bugs and weeds. :Smiling:

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