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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. _________________________ | |||
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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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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. There ain't much difference in the man I want to be and the man that I really am. | |||
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