Where did you find this?

I have 4 very similar I have just found. Diez it feel like it fits precisely in the palm of your hand and might even possibly have finger holds on it? If so it could have been used as an Indian tool if it was found close to a lake or a river possibly used for weaving baskets. That’s the research I have found on mine so far. Does it turn greener t…[Read more]

@lorijane-nicol-villagran, thank you for replying. It was found in Vassar Michigan. I’ll have to check it out to see if it turns greener. I’ll get back with ya on that!

I wish I could figure out how to show you pics of mine.

@lorijane-nicol-villagran, right! There should be an option to private message members of the group.

Coral

Yes I agree this looks like Horn coral

i agree

Hi @Angela-Baxter! I agree with everyone’s ID of horn coral. Would you be willing to update the taxonomy to reflect this ID? It would be Kingdom -> Animalia; Phylum -> Cnidaria; Class -> Anthozoa. We can also work together to figure out what age this is and what rock unit this came from.

@samantha-ocon Absolutely. Thank you.

Hi, @Angela-Baxter. Where in Michigan did you find this? We can use Macrostrat: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=1.5/x=16/y=23/bedrock/lines/ to figure out how old it is.

@samantha-ocon, it came out of a large gravel pit in Vassar Michigan