Derrie Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Is this an egg? Could use some help with the id Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 It's unlikely, but to be sure we would need a close look at the suspected shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Welcome to the Forum. Can we get a picture of the other side, please? My first thought is concretion, or nodule. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Derrie Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Rockwood said: It's unlikely, but to be sure we would need a close look at the suspected shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 The contours of that thin inner layer of the lighter coating appears to curve more than I would expect in the absence of noticeable cracks. It was actually your best shot at shell. Can you distinguish a texture that is different in that thin layer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 A concretion, methinks. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrie Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) Definitely looks a lot like barnacle on a boat hull like you could separate it out of the outer material Edited March 11, 2019 by Derrie Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 A basaltic(?) pebble with calcite or gypsum crust? (caliche-like formation?) Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I agree with Franz, a non fossil rock with caliche encrusting it. Sorry but not an egg. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrie Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Thanks for taking the time to look at it appreciate it and so do my 7 and 9 yr olds who found it. We didn’t split it found it looking for Pecos Diamonds. Looks cool anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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