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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

Digging out the hillside for the metal barn has provided insight into  
what lies beneath the surface here in south-central Missouri, about  
fifteen miles north of the Missouri-Arkansas border.

Yesterday I found a chunk of rock that the backhoe had broken off a  
larger rock. Very lightweight, highly porous, orangish in color. I  
brought it to the house and hosed it somewhat clean. It took me some  
time before I realized that I was almost certainly looking at coral.  
Yet more proof that this uplift was at one time beneath a great  
inland sea.

Now looking for photos on the Web, to more closely identify what it is.