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Weathered Out Xenolith
A xenolith is a pocket of a type of rock totally foreign to the parent rock. In this case the zenolith was most likely an inclusion of slate or schist within the granite boulder. The slate or schist being much softer than the surrounding granite, weathered much faster than the granite. Natural forces ultimately weathered away all of slate of schist leaving this unusual hole in the boulder.