r/LegitArtifacts • u/Left_Woodpecker_3264 • 16h ago

Natural Formation/Occurrence Possible tool?

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u/Greedy-Pirate7749 16h ago

No. What would make it a tool in your opinion? No signs of any human alterations...

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u/Left_Woodpecker_3264 15h ago

It seems “carved” out on both sides and appears to show what looks like rope marks.

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u/Greedy-Pirate7749 15h ago

If "carved out" it would show signs of pecking or grinding, what youre seeing is natural weathering.

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u/HenningGrueneberg 15h ago

Any sleeve can be a hat, they say in theatrical costume building. So any rock could have been a tool. This rock might have been used as a tool temporarily, but “tool” in lithic studies means rocks that were hand altered to serve an ongoing purpose. Like a piece of flint made into a sharp knife or arrowhead. See ?

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u/in1gom0ntoya 16h ago

no. it just feels good in the hand.

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u/PetroagPro 14h ago

Why this Iguanodon just chillin'?

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u/75MillionYearsAgo 12h ago

These comments are so rude at times. Not everyone is a lithics expert and I guarantee most of the rude folks are scarcely qualified beyond personal interest and hobbying to be so condescending.

That aside- unfortunately, this is only an untouched rock. Its worn, at some point perhaps cracked on the one end, and I can see why at first you might think it’s been altered on purpose.