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<p>[QUOTE="Firefly, post: 1276977, member: 13028"]To me it really looks like an agatized insect fossil. Those little bumps up top are likely eyes. The patterns on the black areas are very insect like. That the worn black areas that disappear INTO the stone indicate something fossilized in stone matrix.You can clearly see six or more legs on the underside, but more importantly, the specific way it has worn through the layers of different colors indicates that it isn't a carving, but instead, different minerals replacing the insect's exoskeleton and it's contents as millions of years passed. I has possibly been worn by being in a river or the surf, or possibly even by being carried in someone's pocket or pouch for many years or generations..it could be a fossil and artifact from an ancient culture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Firefly, post: 1276977, member: 13028"]To me it really looks like an agatized insect fossil. Those little bumps up top are likely eyes. The patterns on the black areas are very insect like. That the worn black areas that disappear INTO the stone indicate something fossilized in stone matrix.You can clearly see six or more legs on the underside, but more importantly, the specific way it has worn through the layers of different colors indicates that it isn't a carving, but instead, different minerals replacing the insect's exoskeleton and it's contents as millions of years passed. I has possibly been worn by being in a river or the surf, or possibly even by being carried in someone's pocket or pouch for many years or generations..it could be a fossil and artifact from an ancient culture.[/QUOTE]
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