weathering!

 

I love this rock. I think I found it at Montana De Oro, and I found it a while ago, I'm not sure exactly when. the rock itself is about 1.5"x1"x1" in my estimation and has several little holes worn into it, and the one big half cylinder near my pinky in the pictures. I put the air plants into the rock a few months ago because the holes were just the right size and the rock itself is very porous, so the water gets absorbed into it and not spill all over the shelf.

I am pretty sure this rock had mechanical/physical weathering. I found it on the beach, so it's likely that it was tumbled in the ocean for however long, then got to experience wind and rain on the shore. it's possible some sort of animal made the holes in it as I don't think that could be weathered by tumbling in the ocean or being exposed to the elements.

the evidence of weathering is seen in the soft, rounded edges and I would assume it had been experiencing weathering for a while due to the lack of any sharp edge. It stopped being weathered definitely whenever I picked it up, so for about a year or so.

all the photos of the rock were taken on 4/9 at about 2pm