Hi, I’m Betty! I was pretty sure this was a petrified pine cone. However, when I cut this rock, it definitely had a different and relatively unpleasant odor. Does that mean it’s a coprolite? Not necessarily, of course! Cut in half, it didn’t look like a petrified pine cone to me. This rock had a specific gravity of 2.4. We look at it under long wave UV, it is slightly reactive. I show some microscope photos as well. Let me know what you think!
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hi nice to meet you you can call me Betty seriously the only reason that I cut this Rock open is because I thought oh that’s a petrified pine cone for sure right but this rock smelled differently than any other rock that I’ve
cut it it did not smell Pleasant not that rocks smell especially pleasant but this rock smelled not good I’ve heard that turella stinks when you cut it and I’m sure there are a couple others I doubt that coprolites are associated with any specific odor but they they could
be I can scratch this with a piece of quartz but it’s not super easy it does feel like it would take a good polish you’ll see here in just a moment that it’s not an unattractive
Rock could it be a petrified pine cone could it be a coprolite I show what it looks like with longwave UV and I took some microscope photos too
so here’s the inside it’s not exactly what I expected if this is a petrified pine cone but I don’t know what a coprolite looks like
either this is what it looks like with my longwave UV looking at this rock under the microscope it has quite a few interesting inclusions it’s definitely fun to look at whatever it
is let me know what you think I can’t wait to cut the next Rock see you soon
