kyoti
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Post by kyoti on Sept 8, 2020 18:48:53 GMT -5
Recently I found this very peculiar looking rock in the creek nearby. The strange shape caught my eye immediately and I took it home. It looked like a big omnivore's tooth. Most of the fossils in this area are Cretaceous and Marine so I didn't really believe it was a tooth. However its shape looks very organic and dissimilar to the normal rocks in this area. It's covered with a light layer of calcite so I can't really see the surface without cutting it. Anyone have any ideas? Is it just a cool rock? Side views   Top view  Bottom view  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 8, 2020 20:20:13 GMT -5
If my wife were to see this, she would say it was a tooth...but she thinks every triangular rock she finds is a shark tooth! So, I'm not too sure how much credence I'd put into that opinion!  I'm curious to see who chimes in on this one. I can see where you'd be seeing an herbivore/omnivore tooth...I can see it too(th)! |
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The Tooth
Sept 8, 2020 20:35:55 GMT -5
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Post by Pat on Sept 8, 2020 20:35:55 GMT -5
Fossilman, you are needed here! The top view sure looks tooth-ish to me. I don’t know.
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Post by stephan on Sept 8, 2020 21:31:35 GMT -5
I could believe it’s a tooth. No idea what kind, though.
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Post by greig on Sept 9, 2020 1:26:52 GMT -5
Probably fell out from infrequent flossing. ;-)
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Post by Peruano on Sept 9, 2020 7:50:02 GMT -5
Sort of looks like does not mean it is likely to be. I'd say any resemblance is coincidental.
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Post by RickB on Sept 9, 2020 9:19:07 GMT -5
Interesting find, to me it doesn't appear to be a tooth. Like the commercial says, "I just don't see it."
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kyoti
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Sept 10, 2020 18:35:24 GMT -5
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Post by kyoti on Sept 10, 2020 18:35:24 GMT -5
Thanks for the input everyone. I'll probably crack it open or clean off the calcite to see what the rock is really like. Just didn't want to bash it if there was a chance it might be some odd aquatic fossil or tooth. greig your comment made me laugh.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 10, 2020 21:35:37 GMT -5
Maybe you could use some of these to work on it? Just poking fun...don't "bite" my head off! LOL  |
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agatemaggot
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Post by agatemaggot on Sept 10, 2020 21:38:53 GMT -5
Put it in a bowl of stool cleaner to remove the calcite .
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Post by drocknut on Sept 11, 2020 10:38:58 GMT -5
I just don't see it either but then again I'm not a tooth expert. I found bison teeth along the Yellowstone River in Montana but they actually looked like teeth, not like rock. Took them to the local dino museum and found out they were from the 1800's and definitely bison teeth, pretty cool.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 11, 2020 10:44:10 GMT -5
Sorry not a tooth..... Interesting material though...
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kyoti
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Sept 12, 2020 12:40:04 GMT -5
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Post by kyoti on Sept 12, 2020 12:40:04 GMT -5
Oh Jason that pic is making my teeth twinge lol. Love the puns! Looking forward to seeing what's inside the rock. I found another awhile back that was shaped like a coral. It ended up being pinksih inside with dark grey dendrites. Pretty cool. There are some shapes that reoccur frequently in the creek. I find these all over. I called them goat feet They have a variety of different materials inside of them when I've cut them open. some even contain hematite.  |
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