Found this wierd waxy stuff on the beach. What is it?
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Mars_Volcanoes2026-01-20 14:49
You would have to give way more details. Geographical location, where on the location, name the place or the village or the city close by...When I say close by is less than 5 km...
Fishfreak20132026-01-20 16:08
It was in marbellia malaga on the beach
Fishfreak20132026-01-20 16:10
Its very close to the street of gibraltar. Also forgot to mention it had a pretty sweet oceanic scent.
JustSomeone2020202026-01-24 08:20
might be whale vomit...they use it for perfumes...quite pricey
Salvisurfer2026-01-24 13:22
No
JustSomeone2020202026-01-25 07:14
how would you know ? ;-)
Salvisurfer2026-01-25 09:14
Because I know what ambergris looks like and you don't even know what it's called.
Dried hippy semen. Probably from a rave a couple nights ago. I would wash your hands.
Lazy-Isopod-49802026-01-24 05:50
Smegma
Commandmanda2026-01-24 06:18
Whale Baleen? It generally smells....fishy, and is usually yellow.
That looks like paraffin wax, a byproduct of petroleum from tankers clearing out their oil tanks. Not harmful, but don't eat it. The brine smell is the mix of salt water in it. Sometimes seaweed gets into it, too.
Salvisurfer2026-01-24 13:23
The only plausible response in a sea of duds
JustSomeone2020202026-01-24 08:20
whale vomit?
Sad-Curve-67442026-01-24 12:46
Could be Ambergris
Mars_Volcanoes2026-01-24 14:44
Geologist volcanologist here.
Sorry it took me time to come back to this conversation.
So from your info below / up. My take, it from a small rock on a photo. My search went to this.
Its possibly a porous marine limestone / calcarenite, made of:
\- fragmented shells (most often bryozoans, algae, and microfossil
\- cemented by calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
\- formed in shallow marine environments
This is extremely common along the southern Iberian coast (also Gibraltar).
Fresh2DeathKid2026-01-24 15:55
Why is it hairy
Sweaty_Skill86752026-01-25 02:53
Drift blow. Its cocaine that drifted in after being baked in the sun for a thousand miles.
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[https://dics.co/current-affairs/ambergris-upsc](https://dics.co/current-affairs/ambergris-upsc)
I prove my own point, and disprove yours :-)
Have a jolly snowy day :-)
That looks like paraffin wax, a byproduct of petroleum from tankers clearing out their oil tanks. Not harmful, but don't eat it. The brine smell is the mix of salt water in it. Sometimes seaweed gets into it, too.
Sorry it took me time to come back to this conversation.
So from your info below / up. My take, it from a small rock on a photo. My search went to this.
Its possibly a porous marine limestone / calcarenite, made of:
\- fragmented shells (most often bryozoans, algae, and microfossil
\- cemented by calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
\- formed in shallow marine environments
This is extremely common along the southern Iberian coast (also Gibraltar).