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reefandrockgirl off to a rocking start Member since July 2017 Posts: 9	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 14:42:09 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by reefandrockgirl on Aug 3, 2017 14:42:09 GMT -5 My husband found this at his job site that is a rock pit. What do you guys think it is??

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Don Cave Dweller He wants you too, Malachi. Member since December 2009 Posts: 2,616	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 14:45:54 GMT -5 spiritstone and reefandrockgirl like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Don on Aug 3, 2017 14:45:54 GMT -5 Calcite carbonate psuedomorph after quartz perhaps? very interesting piece.
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reefandrockgirl off to a rocking start Member since July 2017 Posts: 9	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 14:47:02 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by reefandrockgirl on Aug 3, 2017 14:47:02 GMT -5

reefandrockgirl off to a rocking start Member since July 2017 Posts: 9	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 14:47:29 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by reefandrockgirl on Aug 3, 2017 14:47:29 GMT -5 Thank you! Here are some more pics too

reefandrockgirl off to a rocking start Member since July 2017 Posts: 9	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 14:49:07 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by reefandrockgirl on Aug 3, 2017 14:49:07 GMT -5 I just meant is it a fossil,stone,mineral? Lol

zarguy fully equipped rock polisher Cedar City, Utah - rockhound heaven! Member since December 2005 Posts: 1,791	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 15:54:11 GMT -5 coloradocliff and reefandrockgirl like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by zarguy on Aug 3, 2017 15:54:11 GMT -5 Barnacles or mussels? Lynn

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Post by agatemaggot on Aug 3, 2017 16:39:02 GMT -5

Try giving it a short bath in toilet bowl cleaner, that might make things stand out better ! Sometimes a 20 second bath in Sno-Bowl will give amazing results. Do a practice run on something else to get a handle on the time element. The grand kids and I treat most of our Iowa found fossils this way. We have quite a few fossils that appear to be new shells that were recently cast in cement. Usually 30 seconds to a couple minutes will remove the micro layer of lime from the outside of the shell or whatever and expose a lot more detail and color. After soaking just give a good rinse under cold running water to stop the action. Would suggest eye wear and gloves but I have working hands and skip the glove business just to check for hang nails and paper cuts !

Deleted Deleted Member Member since January 1970 Posts: 0	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 17:10:49 GMT -5 fernwood, coloradocliff, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 17:10:49 GMT -5 Perhaps like a mastodon tooth? Google pics of those before you clean too aggressively.
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reefandrockgirl off to a rocking start Member since July 2017 Posts: 9	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 17:51:06 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by reefandrockgirl on Aug 3, 2017 17:51:06 GMT -5 Thanks guys!!!

goatgrinder spending too much on rocks Make mine a man cave Member since January 2017 Posts: 368	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 17:51:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by goatgrinder on Aug 3, 2017 17:51:34 GMT -5 Aug 3, 2017 14:47:02 GMT -5 reefandrockgirl said:

Pat misunderstood rock expert Member since February 2012 Posts: 11,820	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 18:05:13 GMT -5 reefandrockgirl likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pat on Aug 3, 2017 18:05:13 GMT -5 Looks like a tooth to me, a non-fossil person. Welcome from California!
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Post by fantastic5 on Aug 3, 2017 19:10:15 GMT -5

Welcome and a great first post!

My first thought was some sort of calcite cave formation, but the more I looked at it, the more I thought it resembles a tooth too. So a google search turned this up:

From Bluff County Fossils

Hopefully others with more experience will chime in.

fernwood misunderstood rock expert Member since May 2016 Posts: 11,965	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 19:36:12 GMT -5 reefandrockgirl likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fernwood on Aug 3, 2017 19:36:12 GMT -5 I was thinking tooth as well. Where is Fossilman???
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fernwood misunderstood rock expert Member since May 2016 Posts: 11,965	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 19:38:02 GMT -5 reefandrockgirl likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fernwood on Aug 3, 2017 19:38:02 GMT -5 Aug 3, 2017 19:36:12 GMT -5 fernwood said: I was thinking tooth as well. Where is Fossilman??? Found him in the other thread about this rock, tooth, whatever.
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coloradocliff driving up their electric bill Member since May 2017 Posts: 2,778	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 19:39:59 GMT -5 fernwood and reefandrockgirl like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by coloradocliff on Aug 3, 2017 19:39:59 GMT -5 Welcome to the forum from Colorado. What location was it found in? What other material was in the same vicinity? Great second picture.

Peruano driving up their electric bill Heads Up! Member since March 2011 Posts: 2,427	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 20:10:02 GMT -5 coloradocliff and reefandrockgirl like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Peruano on Aug 3, 2017 20:10:02 GMT -5 It looks like a tooth but 10:1 its not. I'd guess blindly that its a cluster of barnacles or mussel like creatures. Bivalves or multiplated will tell the tale.
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Aug 3, 2017 19:39:59 GMT -5 coloradocliff said:

Welcome to the forum from Colorado.
What location was it found in?
What other material was in the same vicinity?
Great second picture.

Fort Collins Colorado and it was found in a rock quarry

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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 3, 2017 20:51:13 GMT -5

Sure looks like pictures of a mastodon tooth and you are in an area for possibilities, One of my old schools, CSU, could quickly have someone to id that. Any grad student and most undergrads possible. Our fossilman isn't on yet but this will bring his curiosity out as soon as he see it.

rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,922	What is this? Aug 3, 2017 20:58:12 GMT -5 reefandrockgirl likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Aug 3, 2017 20:58:12 GMT -5 Whoa! Cool find! Wouldn't it be awesome if it was a big tooth?

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