Question - sandstone

[Brandiwine]

In my quest for projectiles I often come home with a bag full of oddly shaped rocks that give me the impression a human shaped them. I've noticed a lot of these finds are of the material in the pic below. The material seems to be sandstone, but has a smooth dark brown outer layer that easily flakes off. I've never noticed sandstone to have a flaky outer layer but could be wrong. I'm wondering whether firing sandstone will give it this "patina". On the first pic below you can see some of this outer layer left on the top right corner. The rock itself has red coloring to it which the photos don't show well.

 

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[GTK96]

I'm not sure if what you have is quartzite or not, but quartzite is what you get when sandstone is metamorphosed....

 

[rock]

I dont think it is Sandstone either. I was thinking Schist but doesnt have the rite color for it. Quartzite comes in many colors and feels grainy.

 

[Tnmountains]

Brandy is it light or heavy?

 

[Brandiwine]

It's a heavy stone and is course under the flaky outer layer. Here are a couple others of the same material, some still have the outer layer mostly intact. Some have similar shapes and all caught my eye for the weirdness in shape. Some sides seem ground vs a normal break, etc

 

[Brandiwine]

The first one is the only one that hasn't been cleaned. The next one has no flaking but on edges. The next few have very little flaking. Anyhow....might be nothing and I wouldn't be curious if I had seen other rocks of same material but normal shape. Maybe it's because I haven't noticed. But hey...throwing it out there

 

[jamey]

that third picture looks like a chief holding out his blanket,sure would like to roam round those hills again,kinda miss home.

 

[GatorBoy]

I get ALOT of strangely shaped sandstone where I am.
Many look like yours and are what's left after sand filled a hollow cavity of something..often wood or shell..even bone...then began to harden while the original object has since decayed completly away.

 

[Brandiwine]

that third picture looks like a chief holding out his blanket,sure would like to roam round those hills again,kinda miss home.

Aha...I thought it looked like an owl. But wasn't starting the "this rock looks like a -----" conversation...lol.

Where are you from?

 

[jamey]

brandiwine i was born in kanawha city,oakridge drive was my stomping grounds.my family has alot to do with gunnoes sausage.well some of them spent there whole lives there.

man i miss tutors biscuit world

 

[rock]

Pic #5 can we see all sides and edges of it?