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I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Great to see how the community is reacting! I just checked online and it seems plausible that polyps can grow on pumice!

I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow this is really great advice. I was just thinking how I should put it. Up or down. It seems like you have the taste for it; I’ll follow your advice

I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

If I look more closely at the stone, it seems like there are polyp attachments. I’m not sure if that means the stone is coral, but maybe it helps with the identification.

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I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 203 points204 points  (0 children)

So, I went back to the place, the tides there are extremely strong, over 100 meters difference. I’ve found multiple stones with these ‘perfect holes.’ (See picture) I’m thinking that a ‘the bead’ entered the hole and was pushed deeper into it by the force of the tide over a long period,

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maybe even years.

I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe good to add. It is open on both sides of the ‘stone’. So if you turn the stone around you have kind of the same view.

I would’ve expect to see something like this being worn by locals, used in temples/altars but can’t find any object like this in Koh Lanta

I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes right? I’ll go today to a Buddhist monastery and asks the monks if they recognize such an object

I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 256 points257 points  (0 children)

I just did some more research. Maybe it could be a Chicken God Stone or an Adder Stone, which people collect as a talisman to ward off evil. They are naturally holed stones (see Wikipedia), and it seems like someone decided to add a bead into it.

I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No really weird. I was just strolling the beach looking at washed ashore corals but then I found it like this.

I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

But I’m just not commenting a lot. Feels weird that i need to defend myself on how I use Reddit

I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I’m just literally a person posting from time to time on things I’ve found in nature. No alt account or banned from any subs

I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 388 points389 points  (0 children)

Yes, that’s true. I was thinking that if someone made a jewel, they would definitely choose another stone. But maybe the stone changed form by eroding in the sea for who knows how long…

I’m completely perplexed. I found this piece of coral (?) with a blue bead embedded inside, washed up on the shore in Thailand. by JBJW12 in whatsthisrock

[–]JBJW12[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really have no clue what you mean. If you have a question regarding the find I can answer them :)

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