Is this part of an egg from some kind of species long ago or just a rock?

[Elizabeth Lucile]

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[Kane]

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[Elizabeth Lucile]

 

[ynot]

Welcome to TFF!

Thanks for posting pictures here.

This rock is not a egg or any type of fossil.

It looks like a chert nodule.

[Wolf89]

Just a rock sorry

 

[ynot]

2 minutes ago, Wolf89 said:

Just a rock sorry

 

No such thing as "just a rock".

Every rock has a story to tell, most are very interesting if You learn to "listen" to them.

[Elizabeth Lucile]

What is a chert nodule?

[Elizabeth Lucile]

If this still had the other half connected to it, it would be the size and shape of say a football... Are chert nodules normally that large?

[Aurelius]

You can have nodules of many sizes, some much larger than that. Many are vaguely egg-shaped.

[ynot]

57 minutes ago, Elizabeth Lucile said:

What is a chert nodule?

A concretion of silica dioxide (SiO₂) a cryptocrystalline quartz mineral.

They form in sedimentary rocks, and can get quite large.

[Elizabeth Lucile]

All this time, I finally get answers about what it is. But it totally looks like a giant egg! Even has cracks and missing chunks on it's thin, outer surface just like an egg would have. Well thank you all for your answers!

[ynot]

 

 

  11 hours ago, Elizabeth Lucile said:

 Even has cracks and missing chunks on it's thin, outer surface just like an egg would have.

When a cryptocrystalline quartz is exposed to the weather the silica will bond with water at the surface. The longer it is exposed the more hydration occurs. This will form a shell like layer on the rock.

[ynot]

1 hour ago, Elizabeth Lucile said:

I cannot seem to figure out how to post a new question on here

Go to the appropriate sub forum.

At the top of the page is a block for "new topic", click and follow instructions.