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Found this on the coast in Spiddal Ireland. Not sure is a piece of igneous rovk or something else. 

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Herb Regular Member

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might have started out as a fossil

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Could be. A lot of different rocks from connemara ended up in Spiddal having been brought there by the ice. Difficult to say from the photo.

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I'm leaning toward a bioeroded pebble with multiple pholad and sponge borings, rather than an igneous rock with cavities / vesicles in it.

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9 minutes ago, abyssunder said:

I'm leaning toward a bioeroded pebble with multiple pholad and sponge borings, rather than an igneous rock with cavities / vesicles in it.

I agree.

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2 hours ago, abyssunder said:

I'm leaning toward a bioeroded pebble with multiple pholad and sponge borings, rather than an igneous rock with cavities / vesicles in it.

I also agree with this.

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