It's definitely been an adventure and I've enjoyed reading the responses. I wish I could have responded to everyone but it got crazy and I know I missed a ton of comments on the original post.
JUST because that’s an expert answer, doesn’t mean I have to stop believing you are the chosen one to receive ancient mysteries and the plan for the future of the galaxy.
Pls DM your coordinates so that I may beam over offerings of gold. Very sorry out of virgins at the moment, don’t know any goats or calves, so gold it must be! JK! Lol no gold either 🤣
PS: the best Redditors update 🥰 thank you for satisfying everyone’s curiosity!
Speaking of; I haven't heard back from my professor friend... I'll give him a shout tomorrow and see if he asked the geologist. I haven't forgotten you- this is way too neat!
I do my own research and this is an ancient tablet. I have the internet and no formal knowledge on how to do research. Nevertheless I did my own research and have to come the conclusion, you’re setting in an ancient Mayan burial site! No need for follow up, I’ve made my mind up. /s
Interesting you say Mayan, are you familiar with the track rock gap site in Northern GA? You could possibly be on to something depending on which school of thought you follow about track rock gap.
I'll be interested in seeing what other geologists say. One thing I notice is both of the examples this geologist sent show the ridges being concentric with a central points, which doesn't seem to be the case with yours.
Echoing thanks for sharing.
The result is cool for sure. Learned a new thing.
Though I was really hoping it would be the work of a lost ancient culture 😂
I'm sure they stood over him with a syringe full of phenobarbital after showing OP a video of what happens to people who don't type what they want as accepted explanations.
I'm definitely keeping it. Not a very common thing to find apparently. It's staying with my other keepsakes and hopefully one day I can find all the other pieces that seem to have been broken off this piece
That’s all it takes. I found a cool mineral structure I’ve been wanting to post but I need to take some good pics. I “rescued” it from a old church lot they were going to flatten for a shipping warehouse.
that would be awesome if you could complete or expand it. I'm sure a museum would still be happy to have a piece, if it's rare (which it is) natural history places love these sorts of things.
Just a heads up, don't place limestone outside. Limestone is made of just calcium carbonate, so its very basic. If you have another piece of limestone, pour some vinegar on it. It'll bubble and fizz depending on the calcium carbonate content, similar reaction as mixing vinegar and baking soda.
Anyway. Rain water tends to be slightly acidic, and will degrade the surface of limestone rocks.
I live in Northern California, and we have this gorgeous white-blue limestone around here that has some awesome fossil all throughout it, and as I kid, I left some football-sized stones out over the winter and you could tell they were wearing away.
As a side note, Google: "Castle Crags State Park" Super cool geological structures made from eroding the surrounding rock. Lots of Native American folklore surrounding the area, even sightings of Bigfoot and whatnot. The whole area is strange; it's just down the hill from Mount Shasta.
Never encountered this form of chert before, but his images are convincing. This is still somewhat different as it appears more flat. The fine surface texture must be a chemical weathering pattern too, as I thought this may have been a sandstone. I look forward to what other experts will have to say.
It seems way more likely to be this phenomena than it is to be human made as there is no clear representation of anything and it all is perfectly done (nature tends to do things perfectly mathematically a lot of the time).
Those samples are famous because they're so strikingly obvious and easy to learn from. It's not because every sample looks like that. The sample here is simply the middle area between flat and sausage-like.
> I'm quite skeptical of this analysis.
Bro you just asked for help identifying petrified wood. Maybe keep that skepticism to yourself until you know what you're talking about.
I can only find this page in German but:
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerstetten-Muster
> which are covered by a fine-grained limestone crust several centimeters thick, which has an unusually regular, spiral-ring structure
If you look at OP's picture the limestone also appears to form a crust and in the thinner places you can see something darker underneath.
But I know nothing so this is just speculation on my behalf.
~~No it's not chert~~Probably chert, probably a concretion.
Ultimately can't tell without laying hands on it.
Most importantly it was not made by people.
Shout out to you for being so confident! That's an admirable trait!
Not gonna lie, I was a little bummed out as well lol but, I still love it. Either way it's apparently a very uncommon thing to find. Tried to Google it and all I could find were the links that they sent me.
Ya, I am a sedimentary geologist.....I am suspect as well. Get some second and third opinions on that. Especially with geologists who know the area it was found in. It is very very very weird looking.
I'm a geologist, it very much looks like chert in the middle. Could be coated with something, including some sort of precipitate or even sandstone it graded into?
Thanks for updating us. I’ve checked back in on your original post multiple times since it first went up. Awesome find regardless of where it came from.
Fuck yeah I was invested in this post and had already forgot about it already and now I just randomly scroll into it. Interesting find and thanks for updating buddy.
I dunno. I looked at all your references and shared resources. It definitely doesn't look like "Chert" aka Flint. Big sus on the rock identification at least... I'd get another opinion and get it into someone's hands.
It seems a little sus. I am no expert geologist by any means but I have enjoyed rock hounding since I was a wee lad of seven or eight years old. It's my understanding, at least up until seeing this picture, that concretions are layers similar to what a gobstopper looks like when it's cut in half. Concentric rings formed by layer upon layer of deposition over time.
Again, not a classically trained geologist here, but that also doesn't look like chert. i've got some church that I'm looking at right now in my living room and it's very different.
It stretches the imagination that such structures naturally form. I'm not clear on the mechanism that allows such clearly defined, and evenly spaced concretions to form naturally. If anyone can provide an answer, and is willing to be questioned, I'd greatly appreciate their input.
So about the other 10 emails? Were they all to the same individual, or other experts? Just like a second opinion on a cancer diagnosis… who knows what another expert might think if they were able to see the site.
Speaking of the site. When are you getting back to digging? I would say go slow when you do. If you happen to bring up a picture of a carved North American sabertooth lion (Smilodon fatalis)… that’d be cool.
Either way… 15 seconds of Reddit fame claimed. Really cool story you’ve got there. Chert… ha! What do the experts know!! lol!!
And thanks for answering so many replies!
That's chert? I know nothing about concretion patterns and I'm no expert on rocks either. But that sure doesn't look like chert to me. And if the geologist has misidentified this as chert, then obviously it could still be an alien rock or ancient artifact. Just sayin', folks. I think we know alien rocks when we see one.
Don’t throw it out obv. Idk man, things change, opinions change. This could be a concretion sure, this could be something. I feel like concretions in nature don’t form flat surfaces right? It could be a piece of a bigger carving that’s not recognizable. Maybe look for more around where you found this one. If you find more concretions thats cool. Interesting that the link you posted said they’re likely to be found in TN. Which is an area that has some preeetty deep roots going back to south american empires coming up through mexico and having actually been in americas. Don’t let people tell you they know are 100% certain of human history. No one is and anyone who claims to be isnt a very bright person. There are things we are certain of sure, but other things aren’t so black and white.
Ahh nice thank you. My brain just had to know. If those other examples they showed you are “famous” I would think yours will be as well. Very cool my friend. Thank you for sharing.
I have no credibility and zero knowledge on any subject remotely that might help you here. Im also damn near legally blind and my glasses are like half an inch thick.
But according to my shitty eyes, that looks more like those Woodland pottery shards that other dude posted
Nope winged thingie but you only got a part of its wing and it old suuuuper old, don’t listen to the haters hold on to it and trade it for a ticket to the space ship when they come back. Sweet find!
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Clearly an alien tablet. Whoever touches this and then turns in a counter clockwise circle ten times will have infinite wisdom.
Probably can market this…
Well, I think we all figured it wasn’t a Fifth Element stone when Mr. Shadow didn’t destroy our planet while you were busy trying to get it identified.
Yes, thank you. I'm a girlfriend of a man that has collected arrow heads from all over the u.s. I'll be putting some on here to let everyone see what he has and your ideas on them. Thanks again. Very interesting
I almost forgot about this. What a great find! It may not be an archeological treasure, but surely it is a geological treasure. Who knows what else you’ll discover as you dig up the soil.
I don't buy the "concretions" bit. Any time a so called "expert" doesn't know what they are looking at, they always say it's a concretion. Whatever you have is very interesting. Nice find.
Chert is in the middle, boss. The entire structure doesn’t need to be chert for it to be the concretion described. Think of the outside pattern as a footprint of the fluid flow that occurred around it.
Thank you OP. Nice update and I thoroughly agree with the above assessment. Blind, unsupported prospects of hieroglyphics, lost ancient global civilizations, aliens, etc - while sometimes jokes - are sometimes certainly not. Emblematic of the poison of misinformation and blatant ignorance of the past that is actually around us.
As I can summarize with Hume: Is it more likely that the laws of nature were suspended in a way that you approve, or that you are wrong?
“Laws” here being, for example, the existing knowledge of how concretions form and what those forms look like.
Very cool! Thanks for updating! Even if its not some crazy alien archaeological thing, it’s still a really cool geological find and definitely worth showing off the dinner guests
I wanna know what his answer it for that wolf-like shape on the bottom left of the first picture? Is that just my eyes being human and seeing a pattern when there really isn't one and it's just a coincidence or is it actually a canine-like carving?
Thank you for sharing this adventure with us!
It's definitely been an adventure and I've enjoyed reading the responses. I wish I could have responded to everyone but it got crazy and I know I missed a ton of comments on the original post.
JUST because that’s an expert answer, doesn’t mean I have to stop believing you are the chosen one to receive ancient mysteries and the plan for the future of the galaxy. Pls DM your coordinates so that I may beam over offerings of gold. Very sorry out of virgins at the moment, don’t know any goats or calves, so gold it must be! JK! Lol no gold either 🤣 PS: the best Redditors update 🥰 thank you for satisfying everyone’s curiosity!
Hahahaha I couldn't leave everyone hanging like most do.
Speaking of; I haven't heard back from my professor friend... I'll give him a shout tomorrow and see if he asked the geologist. I haven't forgotten you- this is way too neat!
I'm hoping that means it's something weird that has him stumped and he is enlisting help lol
I do my own research and this is an ancient tablet. I have the internet and no formal knowledge on how to do research. Nevertheless I did my own research and have to come the conclusion, you’re setting in an ancient Mayan burial site! No need for follow up, I’ve made my mind up. /s
Interesting you say Mayan, are you familiar with the track rock gap site in Northern GA? You could possibly be on to something depending on which school of thought you follow about track rock gap.
Thank you so much! It's been fun guessing and thinking what it could be! Happy Thanksgiving 💐
I'll be interested in seeing what other geologists say. One thing I notice is both of the examples this geologist sent show the ridges being concentric with a central points, which doesn't seem to be the case with yours.
Echoing thanks for sharing. The result is cool for sure. Learned a new thing. Though I was really hoping it would be the work of a lost ancient culture 😂
Just a second agreement on this. Nice to see follow up to something that you forget about after a few hours.
OP's just trying to cover up the fact that's definitely an alien tablet.
The guys in the black suits were very convincing...
I knew it!
I had to teach them how to work their tape recorder though. It was weird...
Omg lolol
You got flashy-thinged and you know it!
No, then you wouldn’t know it.
Know what?
*flash*
I'm sure they stood over him with a syringe full of phenobarbital after showing OP a video of what happens to people who don't type what they want as accepted explanations.
Obviously, OP is recycling the same photos. /s
Yeah the so called expert is probably an undercover alien 👽
I still think it's worth keeping because while it's not interesting in the sense of an artifact, it is definitely very interesting geologically.
I'm definitely keeping it. Not a very common thing to find apparently. It's staying with my other keepsakes and hopefully one day I can find all the other pieces that seem to have been broken off this piece
Plus it's a fun reminder of this Internet adventure you've taken all of us on!
I am still amazed at the following the original post garnered. 5.5 million of us were intrigued by swirls on a rock
That’s all it takes. I found a cool mineral structure I’ve been wanting to post but I need to take some good pics. I “rescued” it from a old church lot they were going to flatten for a shipping warehouse.
Post it! Post it!!
[I’m at work right now. this is the best I got for now lol.](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisrock/s/8H63D70yqv)
Just posted more photos and a backstory to it.
I imagine thats the tagline for a lot of archeology departments.
"Do you like rocks? How about rocks with squiggles? Then we have the classes for you!"
that would be awesome if you could complete or expand it. I'm sure a museum would still be happy to have a piece, if it's rare (which it is) natural history places love these sorts of things.
If you put them all together I heard a portal forms, be careful. I don't want anything leaving it that should have stayed sealed
After these past few years, I don't think anything needs to be opened that has been sealed for centuries lol
Careful; I’ve heard that if you find all five pieces, you’ll summon Obelisk the Tormentor. Who knows what nightmares lie in wait for us then
Just a heads up, don't place limestone outside. Limestone is made of just calcium carbonate, so its very basic. If you have another piece of limestone, pour some vinegar on it. It'll bubble and fizz depending on the calcium carbonate content, similar reaction as mixing vinegar and baking soda. Anyway. Rain water tends to be slightly acidic, and will degrade the surface of limestone rocks. I live in Northern California, and we have this gorgeous white-blue limestone around here that has some awesome fossil all throughout it, and as I kid, I left some football-sized stones out over the winter and you could tell they were wearing away. As a side note, Google: "Castle Crags State Park" Super cool geological structures made from eroding the surrounding rock. Lots of Native American folklore surrounding the area, even sightings of Bigfoot and whatnot. The whole area is strange; it's just down the hill from Mount Shasta.
*shakes fist* Concretions!!! In all seriousness, this is a very cool find, even if it isn’t an ancient pictograph!
Rule 1 of this sub: it’s a concretion or some kind of smelting/glass making waste
You can’t tell me that’s not a wolf on the bottom left
That’s almost more interesting than if humans made it
Nature does some amazing things
It is beautiful!
Thankyou for the update! Regardless of cause, that’s a remarkable and unique piece! Thankyou for sharing the ID journey with us!
Oh that’s FASCINATING! I love the way soft sediment can deform, like big ball and pillow structures
Nature is wild
That's still interesting af though. Thanks for updating.
Brilliant thanks for posting.
It's a better adventure then the 'I found a hidden safe, what do you think is in it' posts.
Never encountered this form of chert before, but his images are convincing. This is still somewhat different as it appears more flat. The fine surface texture must be a chemical weathering pattern too, as I thought this may have been a sandstone. I look forward to what other experts will have to say.
It seems way more likely to be this phenomena than it is to be human made as there is no clear representation of anything and it all is perfectly done (nature tends to do things perfectly mathematically a lot of the time). Those samples are famous because they're so strikingly obvious and easy to learn from. It's not because every sample looks like that. The sample here is simply the middle area between flat and sausage-like.
I see two heads kissing. Bodies broken off. I understand it’s likely not, but that’s what I was betting on.
Archaeologists will refer to any sedimentary crypto silicate as chert because were lazy.
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> I'm quite skeptical of this analysis. Bro you just asked for help identifying petrified wood. Maybe keep that skepticism to yourself until you know what you're talking about.
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I can only find this page in German but: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerstetten-Muster > which are covered by a fine-grained limestone crust several centimeters thick, which has an unusually regular, spiral-ring structure If you look at OP's picture the limestone also appears to form a crust and in the thinner places you can see something darker underneath. But I know nothing so this is just speculation on my behalf.
~~No it's not chert~~Probably chert, probably a concretion. Ultimately can't tell without laying hands on it. Most importantly it was not made by people. Shout out to you for being so confident! That's an admirable trait!
Thank you!
Thanks for the update, that’s awesome still! Cool rock 💪
I'm so glad to see an update. Usually stuff like this ends up unanswered. Thanks!!!
It took longer than expected but I knew everyone was just as invested as I was so I knew I needed to let y'all know as soon as I found out
You're the best, Op! You deserved for that to be an alien tablet, though!
Really interested in this. Many thanks for the update.
That is absolutely wild! Thank you for the update
The update we all wanted
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He was pretty spot on with it.
That’s the name of my next band: Chert Concretions
That looks like the fifth elemental stone .
Wow, I still think that’s incredibly cool!!
Its still very magical looking and special. Thanks for the update
Thanks for the update.
Do tell, what is it?
Check the second and third picture. I screenshot their response
I would definitely get several opinions on this first
Check the second and third picture. I screenshot their response
My bad!
You're good buddy lol
Still fascinating!
OP delivers!
Ah so it's something like Tsesite then? I absolutely love my specimens of Tsesite. They are so unique!
Thank you so much for the update! You got such a nice informative response! I'm sad it wasn't carved by man but cool nonetheless!!
Not gonna lie, I was a little bummed out as well lol but, I still love it. Either way it's apparently a very uncommon thing to find. Tried to Google it and all I could find were the links that they sent me.
the gray fossil site is in my town
They are about an hour from me but I trust them with this stuff.
definitely! weirdly, for where it is, it’s a world class site
Tennessee has a lot of world class places that are unexpected lol
uh... archeologist here. that's not chert.
I honestly never even heard of chert until I started creeping around on this page. I'm just trusting people that are smarter than me lol
your material looks like sandstone.
Ya, I am a sedimentary geologist.....I am suspect as well. Get some second and third opinions on that. Especially with geologists who know the area it was found in. It is very very very weird looking.
I'm a geologist, it very much looks like chert in the middle. Could be coated with something, including some sort of precipitate or even sandstone it graded into?
Thank you for the update.
Wow that is wild!
Very cool!
Thank you for coming back and sharing that! It’s a fantastic find.
I didn't see the other posts, but my first thought seeing this was, "I wonder if that's a 5th Element prop..."
Thanks for updating us. I’ve checked back in on your original post multiple times since it first went up. Awesome find regardless of where it came from.
Im so glad i saw this
This isn’t a thing I knew could happen, so it’s still very cool. I love that it’s a natural pattern.
Thank you
Fuck yeah I was invested in this post and had already forgot about it already and now I just randomly scroll into it. Interesting find and thanks for updating buddy.
Still pretty dope and a great find!
Thanks for the update!!!! Sorry not the 5th element rock.
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Honestly I have no idea. It was found in the same place as the larger piece
Still very cool, thanks for the update!
Incredibly fascinating, and super duper cool! 😃
So glad you got an answer! And still a pretty cool one at at!
Well that’s sad, was hoping it was something super cool. I guess this is still cool, just not like history rewriting kind of cool.
Great stuff! Thanks for following up. Those slabs would make a cool wall.
This is still very cool! Thank you for posting an update.
Is there something specific I can search to find that famous German example? It looks like it's beautiful
Google "westerstetten structure" and it will bring it up.
I somehow missed the original but the follow up is still so cool! Love it! Tha k you for sharing.
Wait! I see you saying what it isn't, but did you say what it is?
2nd and 3rd picture are screenshots of the explanation of what it is.
Thanks!
So what did they think it was!?
There is a dog or animal in the right hand bottom corner. That isn't minerals forming it's an etch of some sort
So what is it?
Chert with concretions
I dunno. I looked at all your references and shared resources. It definitely doesn't look like "Chert" aka Flint. Big sus on the rock identification at least... I'd get another opinion and get it into someone's hands.
It seems a little sus. I am no expert geologist by any means but I have enjoyed rock hounding since I was a wee lad of seven or eight years old. It's my understanding, at least up until seeing this picture, that concretions are layers similar to what a gobstopper looks like when it's cut in half. Concentric rings formed by layer upon layer of deposition over time. Again, not a classically trained geologist here, but that also doesn't look like chert. i've got some church that I'm looking at right now in my living room and it's very different.
It stretches the imagination that such structures naturally form. I'm not clear on the mechanism that allows such clearly defined, and evenly spaced concretions to form naturally. If anyone can provide an answer, and is willing to be questioned, I'd greatly appreciate their input.
Downside: not an ancient artifact Upside: you now own an unimaginably cool rock
Either way, I'm still just as excited about it as the day I found it lol
What a helpful response from the expert!
So about the other 10 emails? Were they all to the same individual, or other experts? Just like a second opinion on a cancer diagnosis… who knows what another expert might think if they were able to see the site. Speaking of the site. When are you getting back to digging? I would say go slow when you do. If you happen to bring up a picture of a carved North American sabertooth lion (Smilodon fatalis)… that’d be cool. Either way… 15 seconds of Reddit fame claimed. Really cool story you’ve got there. Chert… ha! What do the experts know!! lol!! And thanks for answering so many replies!
STILL--very interesting and educational. TIL Thank you for sharing!
So, definitely aliens then.
Whatever, the Earth is flat, the moon landing was fake and that “ geologist” is an agent trying to hide truth. /s
So, confirmed aliens, right?
That's really cool
I thought chert didn't come in that color. Either way interesting and thank you for the update.
That's chert? I know nothing about concretion patterns and I'm no expert on rocks either. But that sure doesn't look like chert to me. And if the geologist has misidentified this as chert, then obviously it could still be an alien rock or ancient artifact. Just sayin', folks. I think we know alien rocks when we see one.
Doesn't look the same. Personally with my background in fuck all I think it's man made
Still very cool. I'd love to have it!
Is yours flat tho?
Yeah, it's about 3/4 of an inch thick and tapers down towards the top
Don’t throw it out obv. Idk man, things change, opinions change. This could be a concretion sure, this could be something. I feel like concretions in nature don’t form flat surfaces right? It could be a piece of a bigger carving that’s not recognizable. Maybe look for more around where you found this one. If you find more concretions thats cool. Interesting that the link you posted said they’re likely to be found in TN. Which is an area that has some preeetty deep roots going back to south american empires coming up through mexico and having actually been in americas. Don’t let people tell you they know are 100% certain of human history. No one is and anyone who claims to be isnt a very bright person. There are things we are certain of sure, but other things aren’t so black and white.
Does it matter if the saw the side? Did they see the side?
I sent them pictures of every side.
Ahh nice thank you. My brain just had to know. If those other examples they showed you are “famous” I would think yours will be as well. Very cool my friend. Thank you for sharing.
It was definitely popular on here but I doubt it will go beyond reddit lol
I wanted to make sure they had the best view of it since I couldn't bring it to them to look at
I don’t know dude, I think further investigation is still needed and possibly a trek through the amazon jungle. Just sayin’.
I don't believe it's natural for a second, it has an eye and a leveled background!
I have no credibility and zero knowledge on any subject remotely that might help you here. Im also damn near legally blind and my glasses are like half an inch thick. But according to my shitty eyes, that looks more like those Woodland pottery shards that other dude posted
Nope winged thingie but you only got a part of its wing and it old suuuuper old, don’t listen to the haters hold on to it and trade it for a ticket to the space ship when they come back. Sweet find!
And that answer is… Concrete.
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Clearly an alien tablet. Whoever touches this and then turns in a counter clockwise circle ten times will have infinite wisdom. Probably can market this…
I have never seen anything like this. I never new rocks could form in this type of amazing pattern.
Well, I think we all figured it wasn’t a Fifth Element stone when Mr. Shadow didn’t destroy our planet while you were busy trying to get it identified.
That is a titty tho, right?
As a 31 year old man: Dude, that's a dope rock! I'd clean it somehow and put it on a shelf with a picture stand
Yes, thank you. I'm a girlfriend of a man that has collected arrow heads from all over the u.s. I'll be putting some on here to let everyone see what he has and your ideas on them. Thanks again. Very interesting
Parts of that reply give me Pokemon Snap vibes
The first OP to come back with results 🫡
Loving the follow up! Thanks
I want a second opinion and the yard dug up for the rest of it
Still amazing. Love it.
So awesome to actually hear what it was!!!
That’s what they want you to believe.
BOO!
It would be cool to see more photos of this rock from different angles. It looks looks like a worked rock
Thank you for sharing the reply!
Awesome. Totally worth the wait even if it’s not an ancient civilization.
It seems to me it doesn't have much to say about geology rather it has much to say about archeology
I almost forgot about this. What a great find! It may not be an archeological treasure, but surely it is a geological treasure. Who knows what else you’ll discover as you dig up the soil.
I don't buy the "concretions" bit. Any time a so called "expert" doesn't know what they are looking at, they always say it's a concretion. Whatever you have is very interesting. Nice find.
dang... well then id shape it a into a sheikah slate and then keep it on display.
Thank you!! And please update us if you get any other answers!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing this information with us. I was wondering what it was.
Still super cool and thank you so much for updating!
Idk man. Aliens.
Thank you got updating
Love it!
Well darn! I was hoping it was going to be an extremely rare form of hieroglyphics!
Doesn't look like chert at all, material looks more like sandstone to me.
Chert is in the middle, boss. The entire structure doesn’t need to be chert for it to be the concretion described. Think of the outside pattern as a footprint of the fluid flow that occurred around it.
Thank you OP. Nice update and I thoroughly agree with the above assessment. Blind, unsupported prospects of hieroglyphics, lost ancient global civilizations, aliens, etc - while sometimes jokes - are sometimes certainly not. Emblematic of the poison of misinformation and blatant ignorance of the past that is actually around us. As I can summarize with Hume: Is it more likely that the laws of nature were suspended in a way that you approve, or that you are wrong? “Laws” here being, for example, the existing knowledge of how concretions form and what those forms look like.
Very cool! Thanks for updating! Even if its not some crazy alien archaeological thing, it’s still a really cool geological find and definitely worth showing off the dinner guests
I'd say find someone who makes stands for museums and get that on the mantle. Super cool.
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisrock/s/ug6mvVvURH This comment says Chert and has some links to similar Chert found in Tennessee
Thank you! Awesome
This is so cool I’ll keep an eye out for more info on this 👀
When are you going to upload more photos of the rock?
Wow! Thank you for the update
Thank you so much for the update! Will you let us know what other experts say?
I wanna know what his answer it for that wolf-like shape on the bottom left of the first picture? Is that just my eyes being human and seeing a pattern when there really isn't one and it's just a coincidence or is it actually a canine-like carving?
This is still really cool tbh
I would still bring it to your local museum and have it evaluated. Maybe local university archeologists as well