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Petrified Snake

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Kane Regular Member

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Location and size are usually essential, but this is not a fossil snake as that is not how a snake would fossilize. It is perhaps a mineral vein appearing by way of differential weathering.

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rocket Regular Member

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looks like part of a limonitecrust, sorry, no snake 

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Plantguy Regular Member

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I agree that layer (be it mineralogic or organic) is weathering differentially (probably chemically altered as well) and the shape is suggestive of a snake but unfortunately its not.  What does the other side look like?

 

Can you dampened/wet the surface and give us a sharp in focus closeup? It reminds of me of biologic/organic layering/possibly stromatolite/cyanobacterial or some other form? 

I know there are some huge reef complexes out there..never got to stop/visit the geology and explore but drove around/past...

 

Neat specimen!

Regards, Chris 

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