J Esterline Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) Hello, I'm new here and I'm so glad I've found this place! Recently I visited some friends in the Farmington, NM area. They took me to a small Canyon/Gully in the middle of town, (not BLM or Navajo Land) to look for petrified wood. I stumbled upon this "rock" it was such an odd shape, almost as if it had been soft at one time and different spots pushed in. There is a lot of hard debris inside those holes. The bottoms is what made me curios because it looked chipped away, with hard edges, such a difference from the top. Any ideas? Edited July 9, 2015 by J Esterline
Auspex Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 The irregular voids are where a softer or more soluble material has weathered out. 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
FossilMo Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I agree, it is probably a stone that just was weathered in a weird way.
J Esterline Posted July 9, 2015 Author Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) The irregular voids are where a softer or more soluble material has weathered out. I agree, it is probably a stone that just was weathered in a weird way. Welcome to the Forum. I'm guessing then it's mud hardened and eroded in some unusual fashion? What would the black material be on the bottom? Edited to add a Thank you! for the welcome Edited July 9, 2015 by J Esterline
Ludwigia Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 The black material is probably the original color of the stone before it was weathered. It looks from the photo like parts of the lighter colored weathered outer "rind" have broken off. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/
J Esterline Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 The black material is probably the original color of the stone before it was weathered. It looks from the photo like parts of the lighter colored weathered outer "rind" have broken off. I see, thank you!
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