Fossil Or Pottery???

[z.daniel88]

 

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[jewelerguy]

almost looks like dino dookie

 

[surf]

Greetings daniel,

Fossil or pottery what? Perhaps a bit more information as to size, context in which found, heft, etc. might be helpful. It looks different in each up, down & sideways photo.

I initially wondered what kind of cheese it might be…

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[taz42o]

Looks like hardened drywall mud dumped out of a bucket.
The third pic looks like ring shape from bucket bottom.
What is the diameter?

 

[Indian Steve]

If it is bucket size, I would say you are right. Iv'e seen stuff like that around job sites.

 

[z.daniel88]

it is 6 inches wide and 3 inches tall. Found near a large lake. probably 8 miles from nearest home & approximately 2oo yards from the shoreline in a large wooded area (central Indiana) Personally after a few emails from some college buddies i believe it is a Chert concretion. You can definatley see the different layers of mineralization on the bottom, including a few rusty iron layers.

 

[taz42o]

Looks like a pattern similar to this on the bottom.?
6" would probably be about the size of a 1lb coffee can.

 

[aka da Prof]

there are natural stones that come out of our shale here in the Finger Lakes that resemble this- you probably have them in your sandstone in IN also. While hiking a gorge one day I picked up a 'double bubble' like two bowling balls making 'pebbles'---

 

[z.daniel88]

View attachment 920379 Looks like a pattern similar to this on the bottom.?
6" would probably be about the size of a 1lb coffee can.

the bottom is not uniform like a can. more like rings on a tree trunk. and too big for a coffee can just checked.