That is a wonderful article!

> Over the years, Pitelka has rescued some of these rocks and deposited them at his mom’s five-acre property, including a large hunk of limestone that, when he dumped it out of his truck, split in half to reveal a perfect trilobite fossil, convex on one side and a matching imprint on the other.

> “I was so excited to hear that the right people got involved,” he said. “I’m absolutely ecstatic it’s going to be on display. For me, as an (excavator) who loves boulders, it’s the coolest thing that people understand its historical significance and appreciate it.”

They should name it after this guy, the Pitelka rock.

That rock couldn't have been found by a better guy.

TFA has a picture as well; just scroll down.

Thank you, great read.

I was going to suggest just this! I love Boaty McBoatface.

But as a resident of the Chicago area, I’m partial to Da Rock

Missed opportunity to call it "Rocky Bouldoa"

I wonder if there'll be an episode of Hello Internet on it.

I think this is the only valid name

I like "Orchard Rock" because it's not some stupid reddit'ism.

Just call it "Dwayne Johnson"?

Then in generations to some, old people can explain that Dwayne Johnson was the King of Wrestling and then became King of Hollywood.

Surprised to see `ExtraORDinary Rock` missing => 50-tons, that's got to meet the bar for extraordinary.

I like 'Da Rock' because it reminds me of da orks from Warhammer 40K

So they completely ignored the discoverer's suggestion. Humbug.

Wish I saw some of the larger list. This still seems weak.

ORD as an acronym? O Rock D

O’Hare Rock Dolostone O’Hare Runway Dolomite

Rocky.

Da Dolo

Shakin my damn head where is "Rock and Roll McDonald"

How is 'BDU' not the top choice?

Beanie’s Baby

Ditka

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Largest dolomite rock ever found maybe ??

Or Rudy Ray Moore.

This is the answer.

FYI, this refers to "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" in 2020

https://time.com/5772944/large-small-boulder/

In chicagoland, yes. For someone who moved there from California, it was strange that rocks hardly larger than a human warranted school field trips and plaques. Perhaps it is geologically cool, but I was unimpressed as a 6th grader. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53236492797_60069bde90_b...

I thought the same thing. My back yard is full of huge rocks. Nothing quite that large, maybe 1/3 of that size. A few doors down there is a boulder twice as big as the O'Hare one.

I'm speaking in volume. I'm not sure of the mass of these boulders.

In an area that was covered by a glacier in the last 20k years, yes.

Chicago was covered by ice during the most recent glaciation, which means that boulder is probably a glacial erratic covered by till leftover from the movement of the glacier.

Medium-rare I would guess

Dunno, but I haven't ever come across one on my property.

Not from the look of it.

Boulderdash!

With New Hampshire mentioned, I must make mention of one glorious boulder that sits alongside Rumney's Quincy Road[0]. This is worth checking out if you're visiting the Plymouth area. Street View doesn't do it justice.

[0] https://maps.app.goo.gl/L4EcqopjLqvX9HQMA

> It weighs upwards of 5,000 short tons (4,500,000 kg).

TIL there's something called a short ton.

I was going to suggest something in that vein, perhaps "a giant boulder the size of a large boulder" to distinguish it from its Coloradan cousin.

In New England they made stone walls out of them. Of course most where smallish

https://www.outdoors.org/resources/amc-outdoors/history/hist...

In “original” England they did as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_stone

In New England they made stone walls out of them.

In “original” England they did as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_stone

Oooh. “CHI and the Family Stone” is perfect.

This boulder was broken off and shaped by the ice thousands of years ago. New rocks fall off mountains all the time.

There are big rocks everywhere. But surely we can be allowed to have a little fun?

Colbert is not a Chicago figure. You'd have to remind the median Chicagoan who knows who he is that he ever spent time here. You might just as easily name it after Bob Odenkirk.

I dont get it. Does he have some association with large rocks or something?