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Post by mohs on Dec 24, 2013 19:39:58 GMT -5
I’m double dogged determined to prove this rock was organic at one time. I might back off my claim that its positively bone. But it is possible....mostly My new conclusion is that its probably palm...double mostly What laboratory scientific test needs to be performed on a rock to determine organic origins? Spectrographic analysis? Centrifuge proton x-ray micro graph ? Send it to Mars and let Curiosity deal with it? Thanks & Merry Christmas ! St.EdMohs
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Post by mohs on Dec 25, 2013 1:41:12 GMT -5
What laboratory scientific test needs to be performed on a rock to determine organic origins?
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 25, 2013 9:22:22 GMT -5
Looks like bone to me.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 25, 2013 10:02:38 GMT -5
It doesn't look a lot like palm to me and does look more like bone, though I'd expect more irregularity to the cellular structure in bone. That being said, there are some quartzites that, for some reason, have that cellular look to them due to the way the quartz particles were crunched together by metamorphism and there are some pet woods that have that bone effect to them too. Something about your specimen sure looks organic but the only way to really tell would probably be to cut it several directions and put a thin sections under a microscope.....Mel
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 25, 2013 10:44:24 GMT -5
Dino bone buddy,might be from the Utah area..................Cut a slice off the top,it will show the structure better.....
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Post by radio on Dec 25, 2013 17:09:08 GMT -5
Sure looks like bone. I wouldn't mind having a slab or two of it
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