October 29, 20196 yr Found this on my covered deck this morning. It's nonmagnetic and spherical. Looks like it has about a .06 thick crust that appears crystalline. Reddish color makes me think iron oxide but,again, it is not magnetic. It would be valuable if it is a meteorite so we can rule that out. My luck doesn't run that way. We have lots of geodes in the area but most that I have seen are hollow and much rougher texture on the outside. My house backs up to an abandoned limestone quarry. There isn't a hole in the deck roof so it must have been dropped there by a critter? I haven't mowed in a couple weeks so I don't think it was tossed by the mower. I go out that door often, I doubt it has been laying there long. Any of you geology types know what I have?
October 29, 20196 yr It's a petrified black walnut. They're as rare as apologies from your head football coach. I'd keep it if I were you.
October 29, 20196 yr Author Here's a better view. It seems to be heavy for it's size. Edited October 29, 20196 yr by Shoxthemonkey
October 29, 20196 yr Author Cool. I'm old anyway. Not @Armybrat old, but close. Edited October 29, 20196 yr by Shoxthemonkey
October 29, 20196 yr It's a e-Bhxeg-Ms-Pf-Rs-I8-Mb9pqdww-Xj-Ho-GO6-GR2p-FVj-YOqlo7-V1-Lo-TAw-PFlf-JIi5-CLCbe31-Tjq-Fja-PEm-Ps-Gt Says so right on the damn pitcher. Don't you know nothin?
October 29, 20196 yr I was going to say it's a geode, but by definition a geode has a hollow cavity. What you have there pardner is a nodule. Or that's what I would say if we had a bet.
October 29, 20196 yr Author Ok, a professor at the local college tells me that I have a hematite nodule. Even though hematite contains iron oxide, it is not magnetic. I am not going to glow. Horn4life wins his choice from the bottom shelf.
October 29, 20196 yr 54 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: So it's a nodule with both a penis and a vagina? Transnodule. Get it right.
October 29, 20196 yr I wouldn't have known nodule if I hadn't looked up geode. Sort of interesting that the dog brought it up. GeoDog... might look pretty cool if it was polished Edited October 29, 20196 yr by horn4life
October 29, 20196 yr Author To be honest, I don't really know how it ended up on the deck. We have coons that come up to eat catfood and a rat terrier that spends the day outside so it could have been either, I suppose. Or aliens.
October 29, 20196 yr J: Hermaphrodite B: Lady-man-ladies J: Oh you sexy hermaphrodite lady-man-ladies With your sexy lady bits And your sexy man bits too Even you must be in to you ooo ooo
October 29, 20196 yr You found a rock in your backyard that you didn't know what it was, so you hopped down to the local college, grabbed a professor and had him take a looksie?
October 29, 20196 yr That it has already been cut open kind of indicates that it might have been lost by some ringmeat kid a few years back.
October 29, 20196 yr 39 minutes ago, BBQ2Bayou said: You found a rock in your backyard that you didn't know what it was, so you hopped down to the local college, grabbed a professor and had him take a looksie? He's an old man with time on his hands. And things need knowin'!
October 29, 20196 yr Author 39 minutes ago, BBQ2Bayou said: You found a rock in your backyard that you didn't know what it was, so you hopped down to the local college, grabbed a professor and had him take a looksie? Yes. Yes I did. You gotta love small town living.
October 29, 20196 yr Author 44 minutes ago, BBQ2Bayou said: dp Edited October 29, 20196 yr by Shoxthemonkey
October 30, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Shoxthemonkey said: dp Wait, what does double penetration have to do with all this?
October 30, 20196 yr 21 hours ago, horn4life said: I wouldn't have known nodule if I hadn't looked up geode. Sort of interesting that the dog brought it up. GeoDog... might look pretty cool if it was polished You offering to polish his nodule?
October 31, 20196 yr On 10/29/2019 at 6:41 PM, Shoxthemonkey said: dp Avatar and username checks out.
November 7, 20196 yr On October 29, 2019 at 7:01 PM, BBQ2Bayou said: You found a rock in your backyard that you didn't know what it was, so you hopped down to the local college, grabbed a professor and had him take a looksie? Pretty cool that you can do that, isn't it?
November 7, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said: Pretty cool that you can do that, isn't it? I think so. Not something I would ever think about doing. I'd probably try to use google lens. That's kinda sad.
November 7, 20196 yr Author I play golf with half of the faculty and I'm related to the other half. It's not a big deal. We aren't talking about K-State or UT here. My Great Grandfather founded the school. Edited November 7, 20196 yr by Shoxthemonkey
November 7, 20196 yr I for one think it is pretty cool that you have a team of professors to consult but you felt it important to ask the Surly group first. Smart.
November 7, 20196 yr Ask your team how hematite pisoliths are formed and if the crystalline stuff is calcium carbonate. Then ask why there is so much of the stuff on Mars. JK, don't get your hopes up as the ones found by the rover appear to be smaller than half an inch. Maybe yours was formed by an undersea volcano as I can't figure out how the concentric banding would be formed if it came from a larger concretion that was rounded by weathering (like river rock). And no I'm not a geologist. Edited November 7, 20196 yr by Bevo
November 7, 20196 yr Author 1 hour ago, Bevo said: I for one think it is pretty cool that you have a team of professors to consult but you felt it important to ask the Surly group first. Smart. FIFY. small school.
November 7, 20196 yr 41 minutes ago, Shoxthemonkey said: I for one think it is pretty cool that you have a team of professors to consult but you felt it important to ask the Surly group first. Smart. FIFY. small school. Small? That sounds like home schooling.
November 7, 20196 yr Author Close. Maybe 500 students. With the religious leanings of the school, I was surprised that I wasn't told the rock was less than 4000 years old. The professor wasn't a geology prof. Chemistry with a geology background. I don't think they like to discuss with their students how rocks were most likely formed.
November 7, 20196 yr Hematite helps to absorb negative energy and calms in times of stress or worry. Hematite is a very protective stone and is great to carry to help you stay grounded in many situations. Hematite is also good for working with the Root Chakra, helping to transform negative energies into a more positive vibration. Gradulations!
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