Hello from Central Pennsylvania! I need some help identifying this please!!

[Spice74]

Hello, I found this on my parents land in a pile of dirt they dug up. They live in Milesburg, PA. 

 

The object from this picture is about a foot long and about 4-5 inches in width. It has some kind of texture on the top of it, which you can see from the photos. 

 

It also has what looks like skin texture on the sides of it? The markings/holes on both sides seem to be in the same spots. 

 

The bottom of it fell off, so I  included a pic of where it broke off from and what it looks like inside.

 

It is also very heavy. 

 

Edited December 31, 2023 by Spice74
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[Fossildude19]

Moved to FOSSIL ID. 

 

Welcome to the Forum. 

 

This looks like some sort of nodule to me. Maybe some sort of dolostone?

 

[Lone Hunter]

I'm curious about these things?

[Rockwood]

This reminds me of the volcanic side of the Lobster Lake formation in Maine. It supposedly had fossils in it so I'm thinking it is a tuff. I spent some time hammering out a shape something like this, but never could decide if it was a fossil. 

[Spice74]

On 12/31/2023 at 3:19 AM, Lone Hunter said:

I'm curious about these things?

I can take more pics for you. What are you thinking?

[Spice74]

On 12/31/2023 at 6:03 AM, Rockwood said:

This reminds me of the volcanic side of the Lobster Lake formation in Maine. It supposedly had fossils in it so I'm thinking it is a tuff. I spent some time hammering out a shape something like this, but never could decide if it was a fossil. 

So I'm new to this and had to look up what Tuff meant. And it says soft , porous rock?? This isn't soft at all, it's actually pretty solid and heavy. The inside seems dark and solid and the outside has all the textures. Ugh this has been driving me nuts, I need to know what it is!! Lol

[Spice74]

This is another one I found just recently.  I didn't think much of it until it broke in half and a tooth fell out. Also found in Pa. Altoona pa near Pinecroft to be exact. 

[Spice74]

1 minute ago, Spice74 said:

This is another one I found just recently.  I didn't think much of it until it broke in half and a tooth fell out. Also found in Pa. Altoona pa near Pinecroft to be exact. 

And I'm not sure If I'm posting these in the right spot, so if I'm not please let me know how to do it. I actually have a bunch of things I was curious about. I've done my own research but everything gets so confusing. So thank you in advance for the help. I'm just someone that enjoys digging up dirt and collecting rocks.  I actually have no idea what I am doing

[Spice74]

On 12/31/2023 at 3:19 AM, Lone Hunter said:

I'm curious about these things?

It kind of looks like metal?? 

[Rockwood]

1 hour ago, Spice74 said:

So I'm new to this and had to look up what Tuff meant. And it says soft , porous rock?? This isn't soft at all, it's actually pretty solid and heavy. The inside seems dark and solid and the outside has all the textures. Ugh this has been driving me nuts, I need to know what it is!! Lol

I was focusing too much on the darker areas. With the new photos I see that this is quite different. As for the nature of tuff, what I was sampling may have been outside the spot where fossils are reported. Welded tuff maybe? There are a few rhyolite mountains in the area, so things must have been pretty hot around there back then. 

[Fin Lover]

1 hour ago, Spice74 said:

dn't think much of it until it broke in half and a tooth fell out.

Welcome to the forum.  You are posting items in the correct location, it may just take a little while for more answers due to the holidays.  Unfortunately, I am not seeing a tooth.  No enamel crown, no root or anything else indicative of a tooth.  I think it's just a slightly suggestively shaped rock. 

[ClearLake]

I think you have chunks of limestone here.  The part showing the "skin texture" might be a coating of carbonate precipitate that formed as the rock weathered.  put some vinegar on that and see if it fizzes.  Now the second detailed picture you posted today looks like it has a gastropod fossil in it (a snail).  It is one broken across the shell and you can see the spiral nature of it, especially on the upper right.

[Baking Geologist]

The “metal” looking spots look like pyrite to me.  Not uncommon in some limestones.