Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Faux Bone

Picked this up on a beach on the sunrise side of Michigan.  It was one of the first beaches we visited and I thought it might be some sort of coral because of the covering.  Then, I was sure it was a dinosaur bone, it even has a crack running down the back and if you look closely on the left side, you can see what look like gnaw marks.  But I hit the end with a rock grinder, and, alas, it did not "bleed" red like dino bone and I saw no evidence of structure.  So probably a rock that was covered with some sort of marine life at one time.  But the shape....

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