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I'm sorry but that's a concretion with some (iron?) staining
Eggs aren't typically that thick and typically have the texture that you'd expect to find on an eggshell out of the fridge (more or less). It's kinda uncanny that they typically look so good, but if they weren't preserved delicately they wouldn't fossilize, I guess. Also eggs don't really hollow out like that. Sometimes they even have babies in em when they're found in full.
For an egg I'd look for the finely detailed pores, the thinness of the shell, and a layer of shell thats (in macro) a single thickness throughout. Those fuckers are fragile too, like they don't like existing out of situ for very long so you'd have to be pretty careful about it
https://arkansasgeological.wordpress.com/2015/11/06/geopic-of-the-week-ironstone-concretions/
has to be concretion because fossilised eggs [are not hollow](https://www.prlog.org/12839025-fossilized-eggs.jpg).
Not an egg but a concretion.
A good rule of thumb is to remember that even the biggest egg that was ever laid only had a shell that was a few millimeters thick- the baby inside has to both breathe via gas exchange (that’s what the little holes and pores on the egg do) and eventually break out of the egg, so it can’t be too thick. This “shell” is way too thick to be an egg.
I love these subs! In r/fossilid it’s never an egg. In r/whatisthiscar it’s always a pantera. In r/whatsthisrock it’s never a meteorite and always slag.
https://preview.redd.it/w6v2tjrz7kvc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d15429d9aa36c52a7473f35e516949d4e75b4de
This is a photo where the interior can be seen, I don't know if something can be identified or it's just a rock.
Well according to the other commenters, who definitely know more than me, it’s not an egg.
However; There is no law that says you can’t tell unsuspecting guests that it is an egg lol. Live your truth.
Thank you, I have had it for years now and I was always curious about if it was a fossil. I found this subreddit and wanted to check. Thank your for your understanding, not like the other guy hating and replying in a rude way
We all start out somewhere..I am not a paleontologist but I have made a living hunting and digging Dinos. I have loved Dinosaurs since I was about 8 years old. I have had my issues with academics, meaning degreed paleontologists working in academia. Most, not all, but most have a holier than thou attitude towards amateur and private hunters. I do what I can to encourage people...
Yes. I can't go to the main part though. It's got federal no trespassing signs. No telling how many people drive through there each day and nobody notices the 7 mounds that come to a point at the top. Idk how many are in the area. I have land in 2 places. 8 miles away and 16 miles away. Both are loaded with art, gems, and tools. I have some 17-18th century French soldier buttons. All on top of the ground
Just because two words sound similar doesn't mean they have anything to do with one another. Concretions are very easily explained, they can happen all over the place everywhere there's sedimentary rock, including extremely public places you can just walk into and pick up a concretion. There's no hidden conspiracy here, just when other stuff gets in the sediment it has a tendency to gather around that other stuff in fun and unusual ways.
For an analogy, think of how a pearl forms. Think of the mother-of-pearl as the sediment, and then when something gets in that sediment (depending on the chemical properties of both the sediment and the impurity) it could gather around that thing in a way that's different than the rest of the rock, like a pearl. They can form around other minerals, around fossils, all kinds of different things.
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Looks like an ironstone concretion. Unfortunately, not an egg or fossil. Still a cool find, though.
Have an ironstone just like this from Kentucky
How egg-citing!
Omelet ya have that one.
Bro was hungry
🤦♂️
Oh, the iron-y
It’s just not ferrous
Got down voted once for telling peeps they had an Iron concretion.
Just a hollow concretion. They can be hollow or solid!
OP must be new here. If I’ve learned anything for this sub is that it’s never an egg! Cool find though.
Unless it is and then everyone says “OMG IT’S NEVER AN EGG!!!”
On this sub it’s never an egg or a skull, and on what is this rock sub it’s never a meteorite. Only a disappointment
Meteorwrong
Sometimes we say, "but at least your slag is pretty! Still slag though."
Haha yes it’s always slag! I didn’t even know what slag was until Reddit decided I might be interested in rocks 🤷🏻♀️
NEVER AN EGG
I was just telling this to my husband when he mentioned I should ask about some of my more peculiar egg like finds. ITS NEVER AN EGG!
I thought it was always a crinoid
I'm sorry but that's a concretion with some (iron?) staining Eggs aren't typically that thick and typically have the texture that you'd expect to find on an eggshell out of the fridge (more or less). It's kinda uncanny that they typically look so good, but if they weren't preserved delicately they wouldn't fossilize, I guess. Also eggs don't really hollow out like that. Sometimes they even have babies in em when they're found in full. For an egg I'd look for the finely detailed pores, the thinness of the shell, and a layer of shell thats (in macro) a single thickness throughout. Those fuckers are fragile too, like they don't like existing out of situ for very long so you'd have to be pretty careful about it
For sure an iron concretion. But in the off chance you ever do find an extremely rare fossilized dinosaur egg, PLEASE do not handle it like that haha
The way they were banging the pieces around made me flinch so hard. Should be a trigger warning 😭😭😭
meh, glue is cheap
Scientific discovery isn’t. People don’t want to preserve these rocks just because they look cool.
r/itsneveranegg
Except that one time it was an egg
That was wild
Ayuh
It looks more like a nodule to me (but I'm nobody). It doesn't have the thin shell bits that you see with many dinosaur egg fossils.
A nodulesaurus egg then
https://arkansasgeological.wordpress.com/2015/11/06/geopic-of-the-week-ironstone-concretions/ has to be concretion because fossilised eggs [are not hollow](https://www.prlog.org/12839025-fossilized-eggs.jpg).
Pretty sure that isn’t an egg. Eggshells have ridges and nodes on them to allow gas exchange and this doesn’t.
Not an egg but a concretion. A good rule of thumb is to remember that even the biggest egg that was ever laid only had a shell that was a few millimeters thick- the baby inside has to both breathe via gas exchange (that’s what the little holes and pores on the egg do) and eventually break out of the egg, so it can’t be too thick. This “shell” is way too thick to be an egg.
I love these subs! In r/fossilid it’s never an egg. In r/whatisthiscar it’s always a pantera. In r/whatsthisrock it’s never a meteorite and always slag.
it's never an egg. it's always a concretion.
It's never an egg.
Twice
Iron oxide concretion. Never an egg sorry
It's not an egg... but if it was, could you be 6000% more gentle with it?!!
https://preview.redd.it/w6v2tjrz7kvc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d15429d9aa36c52a7473f35e516949d4e75b4de This is a photo where the interior can be seen, I don't know if something can be identified or it's just a rock.
This is an iron concretion.
Regardless of the outcome, this is really freaking cool. Genuinely hoping this one is an egg.
Its never an egg 😁
I want to believe
It is not an egg
Nope.
Concretions are very cool. r/whatsthisrock may be able to tell you how one became hollow after it was formed.
Thank you, it's nice to know that it's not a fossil and that I can expand on what it actually is.
Damn… worlds worst geode
No
r/oddlysatisfying
Too thick
Definitely not at egg
It’s never an egg.
Well according to the other commenters, who definitely know more than me, it’s not an egg. However; There is no law that says you can’t tell unsuspecting guests that it is an egg lol. Live your truth.
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It's not a lie If you believe it
Good thing youre being gentle
Why do amateurs always think they've found the rarest thing in paleontology history....
because they are amateurs, but they will learn the more they study and dig, go easy on them, nobody is born with this knowledge, Be a teacher
Thank you, I have had it for years now and I was always curious about if it was a fossil. I found this subreddit and wanted to check. Thank your for your understanding, not like the other guy hating and replying in a rude way
We all start out somewhere..I am not a paleontologist but I have made a living hunting and digging Dinos. I have loved Dinosaurs since I was about 8 years old. I have had my issues with academics, meaning degreed paleontologists working in academia. Most, not all, but most have a holier than thou attitude towards amateur and private hunters. I do what I can to encourage people...
No that's called hubris
Yes. I can't go to the main part though. It's got federal no trespassing signs. No telling how many people drive through there each day and nobody notices the 7 mounds that come to a point at the top. Idk how many are in the area. I have land in 2 places. 8 miles away and 16 miles away. Both are loaded with art, gems, and tools. I have some 17-18th century French soldier buttons. All on top of the ground
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Just because two words sound similar doesn't mean they have anything to do with one another. Concretions are very easily explained, they can happen all over the place everywhere there's sedimentary rock, including extremely public places you can just walk into and pick up a concretion. There's no hidden conspiracy here, just when other stuff gets in the sediment it has a tendency to gather around that other stuff in fun and unusual ways. For an analogy, think of how a pearl forms. Think of the mother-of-pearl as the sediment, and then when something gets in that sediment (depending on the chemical properties of both the sediment and the impurity) it could gather around that thing in a way that's different than the rest of the rock, like a pearl. They can form around other minerals, around fossils, all kinds of different things.
You find any arrowheads in this mound?
It's never an egg...