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The nutter im certain you can clearly see peckig, the rock im not sure click pic to enlerge
Definitly scribed lines. But going by the pic, more likely a "fire starter stone " Thats the term I've seen used for the stone held in the hand to steady and keep pressure on a wood shaft while it is rotated to start a fire.
that would explain why it seems to have been burnt, thanks hal