Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

I found a geode so naturally I opened it up to my surprise I saw two strange objects the first one was red and looked like a piece of ether skin or a animal the other was white and looked the same but smaller i was like i think i found a dyno egg still not sure whether im rich or im just a loser who found a ugly geode with an ugly rock inside please help thanks

Hmm. Dinosaur egg? Possible...how big was it? I have opened small geodes, about the size of hens' eggs and seen the neat crystals inside but never anything red that looked organic.

Hey, don't discount anything you see. Lots of scientific discoveries have been made by accident and if the person had tossed the stuff without studying it, the discovery would not have been made. I'm betting there are lots of things that scientists [and non-scientists] have seen and tossed that could have been major breakthroughs if they had only looked a little closer or longer or in different ways.

Where did the geode come from? That might tell you something about the object inside it. Also, you can ask a geologist or paleontologist, or send an email to the Smithsonian with a photo of the object. In fact, why don't you post an image of the geode showing the inside and let us see it. Maybe we can suggest some ideas as to what it might be. There are some strange kinds of bacteria that live inside rocks and maybe that's what caused the red color--or maybe it IS a dino egg!

Keep in touch,

Sybee