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Possible Coprolite

The latest mystery fossil is a possible coprolite.  It was found locally and brought in by a student.  It appears to be composed of an iron oxide, possibly hematite (the sample has a hardness of 5 and a red-brown streak).  The strata in which the stone originated is not known.

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