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Petrified dinasaur tird thingy!! - 8/25/2006 10:48:44 PM    welddigger   Posts: 551 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline I have no idea what this rock type thing is? I found it along the side of creek bank about six feet up the back while out creek walking for bottles. Don't ask me how I picked this rock thing out but it caught my eye. The center grey part appears to be a rock or mineral. The outside material is brown and is flaky or softer than the grey but is still hard like a rock or mineral. My wife thinks it is petrified wood around a rock. How this would happen I don't have a clue!! Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Petrified dinasaur tird thingy!! - 8/25/2006 10:51:30 PM    welddigger   Posts: 551 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline On this side the grey material pokes through the brown material. Wow, that sounds strange,lol!!! Attachment (1) (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 2

RE: Petrified dinasaur tird thingy!! - 8/25/2006 10:53:29 PM    welddigger   Posts: 551 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline I'm probally wasting my time with this but here is another. Attachment (1) (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 3

RE: Petrified dinasaur tird thingy!! - 8/25/2006 10:55:25 PM    welddigger   Posts: 551 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline one more for the hell of it! Attachment (1) (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 4

RE: Petrified dinasaur tird thingy!! - 8/26/2006 8:40:28 AM    bearswede Posts: 2909 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hey WD... Got a college or university geo department nearby? They could tell you for sure... Keep us posted; I'm intrigued! Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to welddigger) Post #: 5

RE: Petrified dinasaur tird thingy!! - 8/26/2006 12:05:38 PM    JGUIS   Posts: 1705 Joined: 3/18/2006 From: New Lexington, OH Status: offline It kinda looks like iron ore.  The clay and shale form around the iron in layers, often resulting in rounded shells.  The center should be the ore.  Just a guess from the pics. I do know that petrified wood always keeps its grain. < Message edited by JGUIS -- 8/26/2006 12:07:26 PM > _____________________________ A pipe gives a wise man time to think, and gives a fool something to stick in his mouth. (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 6

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