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Hi, Everyone   

I happened upon this rock while hiking somewhere around the vicinity of San Gregorio Lake near Cuba, NM. Is it more than just an interesting shaped rock?

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JohnBrewer Regular Member

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Hello Jewel, welcome to the forum :) 

 

It looks geological rather than biological to me. To confirm either way we’d need several more photos from different angles and a ruler for scale.  

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Zenmaster6 Regular Member

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based on the rock shape, color and metamorphic look. I would say this does not look like a fossil. I would hold onto it though. For possible further Identification.

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I would guess this is an igneous specimen...look into quartz monzonite. It is a cool rock and one I would have pocketed as well. ;)

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Thank you, everyone, for your responses! I really appreciate it.

Although I don’t see his comment in this thread, one member observed that it looks like an “early donut prototype”. Cute!

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