PSchleis Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Ok, I picked up something that looked like this on Myrtle Beach a couple of days ago, held onto it for a few hours, then pitched. Decided it was maybe concretion of some sort. I wish I hadn't, because I keep thinking this one looks an awful lot like the one I threw out. Thoughts? It almost looks like three or four short toadstools growing out of a base (it's not, of course - just trying to explain my perspective.) I tried to get a photo close enough so you can see how the puffy parts connect to the stem (third photo.) I tried searching for ear drums thinking maybe it was something like that, but didn't find a picture that looks similar. - Paula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 It looks kinda like basalt or some other porous metamorphic rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 It is a phosphate nodule. Common in the fossiliferous layers they dredged through, depositing the spoils on the beach during beach renourishment. 1 Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 It's pretending to be a cetacean ear bone though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSchleis Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, Rockwood said: It's pretending to be a cetacean ear bone though. Haha, would have been nice! But I can buy the nodule explanation. Six more days of beachcombing and I'll be done. It's been quite an education this month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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