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Identity HelpTexas

25th Apr 2024 22:34 UTCKris Snedeker

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Not sure what it is a fossil of, but kinda looks like a giant beetle. The bottom comes to a point down the middle. Like it had legs.  Ty and enjoy. Rocks are awesome!

Questions Answered
Can it scratch glass? : No
Can you scratch it with your fingernail? : No
Is it light/heavy for the size? : Normal

26th Apr 2024 01:34 UTCEd Clopton 🌟 Expert

Interesting rock.  Can you tell us where in Texas you found it?  "Texas" is pretty broad, and its geology varies quite a bit from place to place.  Both the location (at least nearest town) and the kind of place (natural bedrock outcrop, beach or riverbank, road or railroad, mine or quarry (what do they mine there?), construction site, an old rockhound's garage?  Knowing those two things allows us to check the local geology and narrow down the possibilities.  And if you have no idea where it originated, that's o.k., too.

Although this photo came out pretty well, for future reference it usually works best to place the specimen (clean & dry as you have done) on a plain, non-textured white background like a sheet of paper so the camera can focus on the specimen and not the background.  Lighting should be outdoor daylight or equivalent.  The specimen should occupy most of the photo frame.

Can you make a scratch or nick in it with a steel needle or a sharp steel knife point?

26th Apr 2024 02:00 UTCGregg Little 🌟

The granular texture, rounded grains of similar size and the altering light and dark layers (bedding) seems to point to a sedimentary rock.

26th Apr 2024 03:47 UTCWayne Corwin

Kris
We need more photos. Click "Reply" to your own posting, add 1 photo each time.

27th Apr 2024 02:04 UTCGregg Little 🌟

More magnification in the photos would help in ID'ing the finer constituents and defining the rock type.  If you are not too concerned in the final state of the rock, a fresh broken surface would help too.
 
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