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This is certainly the best tooth specimen we have found here this past year, as it feels like a rock rather than feeling like bone. I have posted a tooth or two here, y'all explained mineralized vs.fossilized and those finds were in the process of mineralization. Cool finds, not fossils. This tooth is clearly different. I couldn't wait until tomorrow to get started with identification so I did my best with the photos and understand how it can effect the ability to make a confident ID. If it's as obvious as it seems to be to me, tho, these pics are enough. Hit me with your knowledge, fossil friends, let me have it! PS. Bear with me, it's been a while. Thanks.
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Greetings. I found this interesting specimen in eastern Pennsylvania near Neshaminy/Delaware rivers. Has two concavities that almost look like the rock was "pinched" This initially caught my eye thinking it might be a native American grinding stone. On second look, however, I doubt it. It's a waxy resinous mineral of some type and the interior is red/bronze/orange and translucent. Doing my newbie searches leaves me guessing --- could this be a type of amber? Or sphalerite? Or am I way off here? Thank you in advance to all of the great forum posters here. Dimensions: 7x5x5 cm Weight: 167 grams
