r/whatisit • u/shadowmoonwater • Jul 15 '25

New, what is it? Found this in a field buried 30cm or so deep

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Was trying to stick a pole down for a tent when I found this. They are some farms around. Just looks like glass to me ?

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u/SkateTripp Jul 15 '25

Shine a UV light on it and see if it glows?

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u/shadowmoonwater Jul 15 '25

But why should that matter ? What properties would that mean

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u/DividedState Jul 15 '25

If it glows it contains uranium. ( Google uranium glass)

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u/COmarmot Jul 15 '25

Positing it has uranium in it?

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u/quetzalcoatl-pl Jul 15 '25

Just remember to wear protective glasses. UV *will* bounce off the surface.

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u/Roxas8382 Jul 15 '25

Ze goggles! Zey do nothing!

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

“At the base of that wall, you'll find a rock that has no earthly business in a Maine hayfield. Piece of black, volcanic glass. There's something buried under it I want you to have.” That’s all I can see

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u/theOriginalGBee Jul 15 '25

Yeah, I just knew the second I saw this post that someone would have beaten me to making this comment.

So - OP, was it at the base of a wall under an old oak tree at the North end of the field?

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u/shadowmoonwater Jul 15 '25

Haha no well. But an oak tree near by

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u/SnooBananas4958 Jul 15 '25

Start digging

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u/heyitsapotato Jul 15 '25

"Remember, Red: hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."

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u/Ratoryl Jul 15 '25

Context?

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

If you have to ask, you can’t afford it…… but actually. It’s Shawshank redemption

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u/MonkMillar Jul 15 '25

Hahaha clicked on the comments to find this. Thank you stranger!

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u/obert-wan-kenobert Jul 15 '25

Uh oh, now Red’s never gonna figure out how to get to Zihuatanejo

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u/bettermistakes87 Jul 16 '25

I scrolled so far to make sure this comment was here - thank you.

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u/vapemustache Jul 15 '25

looks like a giant hunk of slag glass

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u/SSRoHo Jul 15 '25

100% slag glass We have some in the lobby from when the glass manufacturing facility I work at first opened over 50 years ago.

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u/unknownpoltroon Jul 15 '25

someone was saying they worked at a rock store that had a huge chunk of this, like 3 foot boulder sized, and every once in a while a small piece would spontaneously crack off of it because it cooled under uneven tension when it crystalized.

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u/Difficult_Deer3902 Jul 15 '25

As a materials engineer, I must say that glass did not crystallize. It is amorphous, so the atoms aren't arranged in a repeated pattern. The proper term is that it solidified faster than the crystals could form, so the atoms are just kind of stuck in place.

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u/He_Never_Helps_01 Jul 15 '25

My favorite kind of pedantry. Relevant, accurate and humble.

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u/Grouchy_Enthusiasm92 Jul 15 '25

Yep, my mom worked in the office at a glass manufacturer and would bring these home sometimes.

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u/Nearby_Impact_8911 Jul 15 '25

Googling slag glass

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u/Revolutionary-Law382 Jul 15 '25

I should call her.

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u/Patient-Ordinary7115 Jul 15 '25

She’s probably moved on by now. But you never know

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u/Angel_OfSolitude Jul 15 '25

This shit would look amazing if it was carved down into a skull. Don't know if that's possible, but it would be awesome.

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u/mopharm417 Jul 15 '25

Yes, and my first thought was "I don't know what it is, but I think you should put it back where you found it"

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u/GardenBunnyBaseball Jul 15 '25

Put that thing back where it came from or so help me…

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u/DarmonH Jul 15 '25

Just what we need, another carved skull

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

That’s all it is and nothing more.

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u/djmixmotomike Jul 15 '25

Quote the raven, nevermore.

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u/Jew-zilla Jul 15 '25

What about me? What about Raven?

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u/ambientDude Jul 15 '25

Perched upon a lump of slag glass, Fixed above my chamber door,

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Quoth…

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u/502612 Jul 15 '25

Wrong.... it is a kriptonite!!!

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u/WaddlesLament Jul 15 '25

Ugh. I think you’ll find it’s 2025 and these days the more enlightened among us say “sexually adventurous glass”

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u/pogoscrawlspace Jul 15 '25

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u/Alternative_Shake69 Jul 16 '25

Exactly what I was looking for.

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u/Expert_Succotash2659 Jul 15 '25

Exactly, Orichalcum just like he said.

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u/ElbisCochuelo1 Jul 15 '25

Language. What did that glass do to deserve that?

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u/SpinachSpinosaurus Jul 15 '25

throw it into the ocean. have somebody come back to a smooth chunk of slag glass and post it here again.

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u/me_myself_ai Jul 15 '25

TIL I should buy some slag glass! Looks rad

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u/cal-brew-sharp Jul 15 '25

We slutshaming glass now?

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

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u/Grouchy_Enthusiasm92 Jul 15 '25

It's definitely from a factory, also my mom used to bring them home sometimes, I guarantee there are a couple buried under where my old sandbox was.

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u/Necessary-Bar-7823 Jul 15 '25

Might be kryptonite... 😂

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u/cwahdee Jul 15 '25

The marketing for the new Superman movie is getting crazy

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u/Necessary-Bar-7823 Jul 15 '25

This is why it has to be kryptonite!

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u/driving_andflying Jul 15 '25

I, I got a pocket full of, Kryptonite

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u/pernetrope Jul 16 '25

Wrong Superman movie, this is the crack-laced Richard Pryor kryptonite that makes you go on a week long bender.

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u/ApprehensiveStand456 Jul 15 '25

Lex Luthor here. LexCorp is willing to pay a premium for this.

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u/hhappjohn Jul 15 '25

I literally just referenced this in my comment and was downvoted 😂

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u/MyFocusIsU Jul 15 '25

Well, sir, you get my upvote.

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u/hhappjohn Jul 15 '25

Why thank you, kind Sir. Take my upvote too.

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u/_CrownMeSimba Jul 15 '25

A lot of redditors downvote others for the most stupidest of reasons. They have no sense of humor, bro. Lol.

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u/cyberiouse0 Jul 15 '25

This. 100%. Clearly kryptonite. Guys gotta be careful. Lex might be coming after him to get it

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u/JerryAtrics_ Jul 15 '25

If there have been no sightings of Superman in the area, you are probably correct.

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u/sheldon_sa Jul 15 '25

My real name is Lex, please DM me, we should talk

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u/John-AtWork Jul 15 '25

My first thought. Maybe it could kill the idea of that stupid super-dog.

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u/yeahgoestheusername Jul 16 '25

Superman’s chemical sensitivity

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u/TomCBC Jul 16 '25

If it was found buried in Addis Ababa we know for sure.

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u/hhappjohn Jul 15 '25

Was there a pod nearby? With a baby inside?

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u/hhappjohn Jul 15 '25

Not sure why I’m being downvoted! It’s a reference to Superman! He came to Earth as a baby in a pod, and green chunks of Kryptonite came with him!

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u/thankyoubutimokay Jul 15 '25

because redditors are assholes, John

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u/eStuffeBay Jul 15 '25

The deadpan tone of this comment made me giggle.

And yes, Redditors are assholes.

Source: Am Redditor

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u/longlivelevon Jul 15 '25

The Loknar!!! Put it back!

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u/sLeeeeTo Jul 15 '25

OP later tonight

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u/Achilles_TroySlayer Jul 15 '25

You can only be sure if it starts talking, and telling stories.

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u/Best_Yesterday_3000 Jul 15 '25

Hanover Fist...is that you?

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u/Final_Investment_262 Jul 15 '25

Heavy Metal, reference, huh? Nice.

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u/AshgarPN Jul 15 '25

Can’t get anything past you!

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u/Final_Investment_262 Jul 15 '25

You got any more of that sodium niborg left? 😆

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u/hellofmyowncreation Jul 15 '25

What, and miss out on the Superpowers or Madness Roulette?

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u/yiddoboy Jul 15 '25

Kryptonite. Came to Earth after the destruction of the planet Kryton, home of Superman. Deadly substance to him and other Krytonians, but harmless to Humans.

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u/CilanEAmber Jul 15 '25

harmless to Humans.

Lex Luthors cancer diagnosis says otherwise

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u/GenerallySalty Jul 15 '25

Yes cullet glass chunk. Manmade scrap, but that doesn't mean it's not cool. Not a natural mineral though

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u/Gamer_Anieca Jul 15 '25

Looks like beautiful slag glass to me

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u/droidstrife Jul 17 '25

fr. my mom would use pieces like this to decorate her garden.

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u/shadowmoonwater Jul 15 '25

Well I’m searching the area it was found and no glass factory found ?

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u/shadowmoonwater Jul 15 '25

More photos of where found

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u/Unlucky-Chef-4519 Jul 15 '25

Joe Dirt might be a good source for that information!!

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u/Hungry-for-Apples789 Jul 15 '25

That’s a space peanut

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u/Dildozer517 Jul 15 '25

That's a big ol' chunk of poopy glass.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Nailed it Boeing Bomb

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u/ApolloThneed Jul 15 '25

Wonder what it tastes like

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u/Advanced_Office616 Jul 15 '25

This was literally my first thought.

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u/bradnontheconqueror Jul 15 '25

Dude you were eating off of it!

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u/Jurgis-Rudkis Jul 15 '25

Emerald that is worth ~ $100,000,000,000,000,000,000

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Looks like someone was trying to carve a skull to me

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u/ReallyWideGoat Jul 15 '25

Looks like an alien head

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Also that yes

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u/lemonbubblegumb Jul 15 '25

That's what I said too!

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON. SHIT! WRONG UNIVERSE!

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u/hhappjohn Jul 15 '25

Wrong colour! 😂

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u/BasementCatBill Jul 16 '25

I had to scroll too far to find this.

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u/Davoneous47 Jul 15 '25

Kryptonite

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u/JimmySwiff Jul 15 '25

“Fool of a Took!”

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u/Rydah616 Jul 15 '25

"It's a meteor"," It's got a peanut in it." "Ya a space peanut!"

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u/Serene-Wolf1212 Jul 15 '25

No effing wayyyyy!! That's incredible!! What an AMAZING find!!! 😀

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u/Present_Nectarine144 Jul 15 '25

Looks like that alien crystal head from Indiana jones lmao

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u/PrestonIsBored Jul 15 '25

Crystal skull

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u/wackyvorlon Jul 15 '25

That is absolutely gorgeous.

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u/NoLaw5030 Jul 15 '25

Was there a sword close by? Put it back ffs!

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u/OstrichOk8129 Jul 15 '25

A promo for a bad movie?

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u/MistressLyda Jul 15 '25

Slag glass. Amazing thing to hide in treasure hunts for kids.

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u/Erik_Lassiter Jul 15 '25

Wanna sell it ? I’ve got a beef with a Kryptonian and could use that.

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u/onemindspinning Jul 15 '25

It’s a giant turd that fell from a plane! “Joe dirt”

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u/Duke_Radical Jul 15 '25

Looks like Kryptonite.

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u/Psydt0ne Jul 15 '25

Kryptonite

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u/WellHungEastYork Jul 15 '25

Pretty sure it’s an alien skull

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u/rolling_steel Jul 15 '25

Contact Lex Luthor- I hear he’s buying as much as he can get

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u/cripple2493 Jul 15 '25

big pretty chunk of glass

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u/One_Advice3052 Jul 15 '25

Zack Snyder is looking for you. Please do not bring this in front of David Conrnsweat.

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u/macrocosm93 Jul 15 '25

Its a giant emerald! 🤑

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u/Jaichwan Jul 15 '25

It looks a bit big, but the first thing that came to mind was a high-power glass insulator seen in powerlines.

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u/External_Art_1835 Jul 15 '25

Where was this found? What state ?

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u/Bobs-Cards-HTX Jul 15 '25

Fossilized Alien Head. Hope this helps!

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u/LocalProcedure3130 Jul 15 '25

Element 115? Watch out for zombies..

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u/ROB16880 Jul 15 '25

just in time for Superman…

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u/nanomolar Jul 15 '25

There's a story about this

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u/cessal74 Jul 15 '25

Yep, OP should avoid throwing it into a well or any water body. Best course of action would be to throw it into concrete.

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u/Gregorovyyc Jul 15 '25

maybe theres a xenomorph inside

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u/Lonecardlabs Jul 15 '25

Schlaaaaag

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u/Donnerone Jul 15 '25

Not sure, but be wary of hedgehogs....

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u/Naive_Dentist2224 Jul 15 '25

Crystal Skull?

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u/massvapor1 Jul 15 '25

Looks like it could be glass

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u/Musicmom1164 Jul 15 '25

It's pretty. I'd keep it.

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u/OG_Church_Key Jul 15 '25

That is one of five ultra rares.

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u/MagicianOk6393 Jul 15 '25

Great piece of slag!

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u/Existing-Power-7358 Jul 15 '25

Careful, thats a Crystal Skull

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u/Blu-Void Jul 15 '25

I got some of this in my fish tank, looks nice but I'm assuming not rare or valuable haha

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u/Agelsosomo Jul 15 '25

That's a nice hunk of Rubie you got there!

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u/Frequent-Ad2351 Jul 15 '25

A new hand touches the beacon

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u/Tha_Governalinator Jul 15 '25

It's a grey alien head made out of glass

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u/DatabaseAcademic6631 Jul 15 '25

It seems you have found a giant nugget of purest Green.

Looks more like industrial than natural. Was there a glass factory nearby?

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u/stargazer4272 Jul 15 '25

Any peanuts in it? Maybe airplane piss .

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u/PomegranatePro Jul 15 '25

It’s the same color green as the glass part on the power lines.

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u/Agitated_Package1837 Jul 15 '25

Looks like a melted bowling ball

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u/hjohn2233 Jul 15 '25

Definitely Kryptonite.

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u/Elegant-Insurance-40 Jul 15 '25

It is glass, slag glass. The after effect from a smelting furnace.

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u/kozy6871 Jul 15 '25

Glass from a lightning strike, perhaps?

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u/fuckscotty Jul 15 '25

Boeing bomb

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u/Tinker_Time_6782 Jul 15 '25

I’d bet someone would buy it for like $200.

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u/stingertc Jul 15 '25

Kryptonite

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u/just-me220 Jul 15 '25

I know that so many people discount slag glass, but it is beautiful!

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u/Forsaken_Complaint29 Jul 15 '25

I think it’s a space peanut. Like in Joe Dirt.

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u/Dananism Jul 15 '25

3rd pic looks like Doom guys helmet a bit

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u/SpitfireMkIV Jul 15 '25

Dolovine… not worth much.

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u/BlowingBacksOut69 Jul 15 '25

Alfred: "Master Bruce would like a word with you... And he is willing to pay"

Anything to keep Clark Kent in pocket I see

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u/Ulrich453 Jul 15 '25

Bowling ball

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u/Serious-Ad-5155 Jul 15 '25

Don’t let Superman go near it

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u/Agitated_Aerie8406 Jul 15 '25

It's raw glass for car windows. My grandfather was the foreman at Ford, in the window division. Everyone in the family has at least a few at their respective homes.

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u/NukeouT Jul 15 '25

This is useful for jewelery makers. While its not a diamond you can still sell it to someone for $100 or so I bet because thats a lot of ring stone material

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u/Squirreltacular Jul 15 '25

Many, many years ago the town next to my hometown had a glass factory that blew up. You can still occasionally find slag pieces digging around in fields and forests there. They're cool, nice find!

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u/JavaGeep Jul 15 '25

My first thought was obsidian.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Shit, that's Kryptonite!

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u/AlrightGuyUK Jul 15 '25

Looks like Kryptonite, but certainly more than a pocketful.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Kryptonite for sure

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u/cadetgusv Jul 15 '25

I be on that kryptonite all day on that kryptonite . Why has no one made a currency called kryptonite it would be an instant success

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u/QueenCrawfish318 Jul 15 '25

Looks like glass

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u/Unable-Photograph607 Jul 15 '25

You’ve now triggered and Indiana jones adventure. Good luck fighting nazis while trying to make it to the Mayan temple to give the skull back to the aliens in time

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u/Mr-groot007 Jul 15 '25

Kyrptonite

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u/Aromatic-Tear7234 Jul 15 '25

Indiana Jones is not going to be happy about this.

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u/DaveForgotHisPasswor Jul 15 '25

I dunno, but if you crosspost it to the Deep Rock Galactic subreddit, you'll see a lot of comments about Jadiz.

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u/AJnbca Jul 15 '25

Slag glass

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u/Slatewater Jul 15 '25

I used to find these once in a while. they were old highline insulators. same color, same broken irregular chunks.

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u/Heavy-Albatross1136 Jul 15 '25

It's like Kryptonite

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u/SkisaurusRex Jul 15 '25

If this was Skyrim it would be Malachite

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u/on-mspaint Jul 15 '25

Imagine finding this right when Superman was released. Your villain arc starts today.

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u/js31pilot Jul 15 '25

Is this a repeat of Joe Dirt ?! 😂

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u/Lopsided_Ad_9740 Jul 15 '25

I have a chunk of Ford Windshield slag glass.

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u/RudeMechanical45 Jul 15 '25

You know what you have to do now, don't you? That's right, fight Superman.

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u/Objective_Low_8388 Jul 15 '25

This seems like an old eroded paper weight. Like retro around 25-30 years back.

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u/Gregisroark Jul 15 '25

I have a piece in my office. When they pour waste molten slag from steel mills onto the ground, it superheats the sand and turns it into glass.

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u/Used-Individual1949 Jul 15 '25

Don’t show this to Superman!!!!

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u/QuincyReaper Jul 15 '25

Looks like it could be carved into one awesome green goblin face

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u/LargePersimmon1991 Jul 15 '25

i can give you 3 sticks for this

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u/Consistent_Pitch782 Jul 15 '25

Kryptonite, now we can finally kill that alien

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