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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 23, 2005 17:16:48 GMT -5
HI! In the rocks that NMrocks sent me, one little rock stood out. Not because it was especially pretty, it's really not very pretty at all. But because it reminded me of something. It is almost perfectly round, except for a dimple in the top and a little bulge on one side. I'm thinking, it looks like the dimple may be where a stem had been on a seed pod of some kind, bur whats the bulge? I was out in the yard today and picked up an old acorn that also looked surprisingly similar. What do you think? The stem  The "buldge"  Pretty cool, huh? They even have the same texture and color, one is light and one is heavy.  cookie |
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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 23, 2005 17:32:17 GMT -5
Maybe someone slipped in an acorn?
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Post by americanbulldogsnj on Aug 23, 2005 17:49:48 GMT -5
I think it's possible, has anyone ever found pet-corns before?
Marian
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 23, 2005 20:58:24 GMT -5
OK, the real acorn is on the left, the stone is on the right. Marian, this may be a first cookie |
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pekesmoke
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Post by pekesmoke on Aug 23, 2005 21:22:56 GMT -5
You could always stick it in some dirt and water it.... if it sprouts, you will know when the
little Petrified Leaves pop out of the ground ! <G>
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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 23, 2005 21:55:58 GMT -5
so this is how they got those petrified forests. sure do look alike cookie.
kim
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Post by joe on Aug 23, 2005 21:56:22 GMT -5
Maybe you can get a petrified squirrel to live in your petrified oak tree??  Joe |
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Post by WyckedWyre on Aug 23, 2005 22:35:51 GMT -5
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Post by pekesmoke on Aug 23, 2005 22:56:34 GMT -5
Maybe you can get a petrified squirrel to live in your petrified oak tree?? Joe hmmmmm there is a rock squirrel, but it doesn't live in trees. It lives on the ground, BUT there is "Rocky the Flying Squirrel" somewhere .....  No I guess that wouldn't work, because then you would have to find a petrified moose too !!!!!! ;D donna |
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Post by docone31 on Aug 23, 2005 23:18:18 GMT -5
Whoah, where the mind goes! I can just imagine Rocky, the Flying Squirrel eating the petrified acorn, taking a dump somewhere in the air, the petrified acorn faaaaaaaling to the ground, bapping Bullwinkle knocking the Electricals loose making him mind dead, hitting the ground, imbedding itself deep in Antidiluvian refuge, sprouting stone cotyl and growing a petrified tree, to later pass on and be found by rock nuts. That is really how petrified forests are created. Not the illusion they were old dead trees that magically turned into stone by the mystical petrosky process of mineral exchange of organic tissue.
Or it might be a musket ball. Did you try to scratch the "acorn"? Maybe it is a preIncan musket ball.
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Post by americanbulldogsnj on Aug 24, 2005 6:07:34 GMT -5
Doc could be right it may be a musket ball, the dimple might be from where the excess lead was removed. I think they made musket balls out of stone too, not sure tho...
Marian
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 24, 2005 10:15:00 GMT -5
It Does look allot lik the Moqui balls, Susun. Or it could be a musket ball. It is very heavy for it's size, suggesting lead of Hematite. Probably not an acorn, tho. Either way, it's still very cool cookie |
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Post by stefan on Aug 24, 2005 10:27:15 GMT -5
I've seen pet pinecones- and other berries so it should be possible!
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Post by joe on Aug 24, 2005 23:06:54 GMT -5
Even if it's not possible, It's sure been fun! Who'll ever forget the image of Cookie's petrified acorn and all that follows?
Joe
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Post by deepsouth on Aug 25, 2005 6:19:43 GMT -5
Thanks Cookie for this interesting line up and evolving stories. Most entertaining !!
Moki balls . Yeah sure. It must be an acorn I can see that squirrel chasing it down the dunes.
Jack
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