What kind of stone is this?

[Unitedstatesofamerica1]

 

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[Joturkey]

I am a stonecutter and have never seen anything like this, to me it seems more like some sort of fossilized remains?

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

A hardened bag of cement?

 

[rage1398]

Could be clay, cement, or a fossil. I have never seen a rock like this either.

 

[trdking]

A hardened bag of cement?

I'm with you BACK. THis is some kind of plaster or cement poured into a bag and now Bag all gone

 

[Mark Todd]

Looks a lot like some plant fossils I've seen ( often of limestone but not always). However without any scale I feel a little silly saying that since I don't know if it's 3"s long or 3' long.

 

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The above has been posted at the top of the "What is it" page since 2009
This poster has been here since 2012
They continuously post random items with nothing more than an emoticon.

You'd think they'd have a clue by now.
You need lots of help ? Then offer a little help.
Three or four paragraphs describing the items isn't too much to ask.

You'd think a mod would have taken notice.

 

[maxpower]

a horsetail fossil a type of plant

 

[tamrock]

I guess it ain't opus caementicium. Looks solved to me courtesy of maxpower

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I guess it ain't opus caementicium. Looks solved to me courtesy of maxpower

If it was that fossil wouldn't it be in slate or a sedimentary rock and not like a bone fossil, a plant fossil wouldn't have fossilized that way.

 

[old digger]

First, have to agree with ''maxpower'' definitely a Calamite (equistum columnare). Secondly, they can be found whole as usa1 has presented.




They can also be found in matrix and have the matrix cleaned off.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

First, have to agree with ''maxpower'' definitely a Calamite (equistum columnare). Secondly, they can be found whole as usa1 has presented.


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They can also be found in matrix and have the matrix cleaned off.


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Very cool learned something new.

 

[trdking]

Very cool learned something new.

Me too! Sure looks like a sack of cement sans sack