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The Poole Museum in the UK has a display behind glass of a rock donated to the museum by a young child.(lemmy.world)

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Tattorack@lemmy.world
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I must admit, that’s a pretty interesting looking rock.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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I have been waiting for someone to come in here to tell us what kind of rock it is. No such luck so far.

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Tattorack@lemmy.world
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Silicon tretraoxide most likely, if it’s a terrestrial rock.

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ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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I believe it’s made of Bethanite

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Etterra@lemmy.world
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Well when you put it like that it makes perfect sense.

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quinkin@lemmy.world
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Hard to tell from the picture but I was wondering if it was some form of Serpentinite.

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Etterra@lemmy.world
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It looks kind of like a frog.

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mPony@lemmy.world
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it might be made from froggalite. They should ask a geologist to confirm.

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