ericabelle
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Post by ericabelle on Dec 8, 2022 12:34:36 GMT -5
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ericabelle
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Post by ericabelle on Dec 8, 2022 12:48:02 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 8, 2022 13:49:58 GMT -5
I am NO help on the IDs...but I did have to say "thanks a lot" for your title putting this song in my head...likely for the rest of the day! LOL
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ericabelle
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Post by ericabelle on Dec 8, 2022 13:54:35 GMT -5
LOL, jasoninsd ! You add value to every thread!  |
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khara
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Post by khara on Dec 8, 2022 14:33:58 GMT -5
Cool finds. Maybe that little perfect sphere is petrified dung beatle dung?? 🤣 There’s another post here, I think over in the coprolite thread with a video of dung beatles rolling their dung. I like the petrified “palm wood” and “octopus suckers”. Hopefully you get some good ID’s. I gotta start looking for estate sales…🤔
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ericabelle
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Post by ericabelle on Dec 8, 2022 14:52:50 GMT -5
Cool finds. Maybe that little perfect sphere is petrified dung beatle dung?? 🤣 There’s another post here, I think over in the coprolite thread with a video of dung beatles rolling their dung. I like the petrified “palm wood” and “octopus suckers”. Hopefully you get some good ID’s. I gotta start looking for estate sales…🤔 That's a great idea - it would be really neat if it were dung beetle dung! I'l check that thread out...  |
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Dec 8, 2022 15:16:20 GMT -5
The last one in the first series of pics looks like a pile of petrified human ears.
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Post by pebblesky on Dec 8, 2022 15:45:31 GMT -5
The last one in the first series of pics looks like a pile of petrified human ears.  |
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ericabelle
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Post by ericabelle on Dec 8, 2022 15:57:56 GMT -5
The last one in the first series of pics looks like a pile of petrified human ears. That literally made me laugh out loud! But then……. Why did you think of that?😬 You got a pile of human ears we don’t know about? |
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electrocutus
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Post by electrocutus on Dec 8, 2022 16:05:39 GMT -5
ericabelle I never knew you could lick a "rock" to determine if it is indeed a rock :-)
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 8, 2022 16:12:41 GMT -5
I don't know about the rest but, 3 looks like some sandstone, 6 looks like fossilstone of some kind and 7 looks like bone, but it could be palm- looks like gem bone, though.
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ericabelle
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Post by ericabelle on Dec 8, 2022 16:18:14 GMT -5
ericabelle I never knew you could lick a "rock" to determine if it is indeed a rock :-) YES you can! And allllll these were rocks, not chocolate; but I just had to check, you know. 😋 |
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ericabelle
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Post by ericabelle on Dec 8, 2022 16:20:15 GMT -5
I don't know about the rest but, 3 looks like some sandstone, 6 looks like fossilstone of some kind and 7 looks like bone, but it could be palm- looks like gem bone, though. Very cool about #7 - whatever it is, I like it! If it is high grade stuff, I’ll have to do something special with it. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 8, 2022 16:29:10 GMT -5
I don't know about the rest but, 3 looks like some sandstone, 6 looks like fossilstone of some kind and 7 looks like bone, but it could be palm- looks like gem bone, though. Very cool about #7 - whatever it is, I like it! If it is high grade stuff, I’ll have to do something special with it. I could be wrong. I'm sure others will chime in. If it is gem bone, it sure looks nice. |
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electrocutus
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Post by electrocutus on Dec 8, 2022 17:24:03 GMT -5
ericabelle I never knew you could lick a "rock" to determine if it is indeed a rock :-) YES you can! And allllll these were rocks, not chocolate; but I just had to check, you know. 😋 cool! So what do different materials feel like? I can tell candy and chocolate apart, but that's about it :-) Is bone "sticky" and rock "slick"? |
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ericabelle
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Post by ericabelle on Dec 8, 2022 17:38:26 GMT -5
YES you can! And allllll these were rocks, not chocolate; but I just had to check, you know. 😋 cool! So what do different materials feel like? I can tell candy and chocolate apart, but that's about it :-) Is bone "sticky" and rock "slick"? I'm no expert, but I had read that if you lick bone, it will "grab" your tongue because of the bone's porous structure. This is actually the first time I've been able to test that out. It really does make your tongue stick to it - a very noticeable difference! Now, the rock #7 that rockjunquie said looks like bone did not make my tongue stick to it; so I don't know if it is not always true with bone fossils, or if that means it is definitely not a bone fossil. And, yes, I know you all think I go around licking rocks all the time now.....but I'll just let you all think that  |
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hypodactylus
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Post by hypodactylus on Dec 8, 2022 18:52:27 GMT -5
Haha, this was funny!
Sorry I can't help with any definitive identification, but those rocks are seriously cool!
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ericabelle
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Post by ericabelle on Dec 8, 2022 19:16:11 GMT -5
Thanks, hypodactylus - hopefully I can find out what they are! (And hopefully I don't have to lick them any more.) Feeling strangely full... |
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Post by RickB on Dec 8, 2022 19:24:03 GMT -5
Number 6 looks like a small piece of a clam/mollusk death plate - if slabbed people call it devil's toe nails
Number 7 is fossil coral
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Dec 8, 2022 22:29:34 GMT -5
I have no real knowledge on teeth except seeing spinosaurus teeth for sale. They look a lot like what you have. For dinosaur teeth they are somewhat common because they would regularly shed and grow back like sharks.
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