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I found this after some recent rough weather on a Hatteras beach in NC. Is it coal? It's a big rock and bigger than the chunks of coal I see on local coal trains.   _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | ||
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Basalt would be my guess. ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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Solidified oil sludge? We used to see something similar on the beach in New Jersey after storms. It burns like solidified oil sludge. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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It is really hard. Feels harer than coal I've handled. It's been wearing a long time ot be that rounded. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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Is it light in weight? Never be more than one step away from your sword-Old Greek Wisdom | |||
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No, it's rather heavy. About the same as, well, a rock the same size. The fracture also glistens like mica. The glistening in the photo sin't the pronouced because I had a polarizing filter on my lens. But it sparkles. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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Maybe it is manganese. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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Does it float? Where on the beach was it found? The high water mark? ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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A porphyry of some kind. Rhyolite? It comes in many colors, including the one in the picture. Never be more than one step away from your sword-Old Greek Wisdom | |||
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Pretty sure your referring to coal that has fallen off of barges. We still get lots washing up. I don’t think solidified oil sludge is a thing... | |||
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No, and yes. It was among the roughage - the broken shells - the form a line at the high tide mark. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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It looks like a tar ball. They do roll up on beaches from time to time and they are usually from natural occurrence. | |||
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Basalt is my guess too | |||
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It is a thing, but it’s a little bit more mushy than a rock. ----------------------------------------------------------- TCB all the time... | |||
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Asphalt? | |||
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I was wodnering that, too. Sometimes the there is asphalt on the beach and I found some at the same time as this and the asphalt has tiny brown pea gravel in it. It was distinctly different than this. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
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Yes, definitely a thing. Consistency can be mushy or more dense depending on what the mass picks up as it forms and solidifies. . | |||
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Poo. Definitely poo. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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Try burning it yet? It's the only way to be sure "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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