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Found these yesterday in gray slate like clay layer crumble layer below limestone creatacious outcrop in creek in north tx stuck on clay/slate mud possible ivory was found on Trinity river main tx Also recently found what seems to be ivory petrified chunk. I polished growth rings and smelled like burnt antler or kinda like hair when I first put under grinder. any ideas ? pics 1-4 possible ivory or petrified wood? Much softer than p wood I’ve founds and think it can burn. 5-6 Dino gemie bone or coprolite/poop? 7-8 very translucent coprolite or just some sort of agatetized quartz rock etc? 9 where found rocks under limestone fossil outcrop any ideas of these stone?

All, I’m starting to cut/polish some of the suspect dino/aquatic dino bones found in woodbine formation this year. most are full of pyrite/fools gold and are coated with this sulfuric deteriorating substance. once I start cutting past dusty stuff I seem to hit the pyrite or some other metallic like rock that replaced bone marrow ? Goin through wood cutting scroll saw blades like crazy and going to get some ceramic metal saw blades. I was successful and made it through one bone so far. And included A pic. dino correct on the one I cut all the way through? here are specimens I’ve started cutting the grey pyrite one is very nasty and sulfuric and yes I’m wearing a mask now. Powder is pungent and no telling what would do to your lungs. also here is a tooth I beleive that’s not shark but from some creature from the woodbine it’s broke but here is some pics. Possibly this tooth is from the creature the bones come from and the vertebrae I found in the past at the site. any recommendations in cutting bones and tooth id would be much appreciated. tooth looks nothing like the few shark teeth I found at site. ps I found several of these claw looking things I glued back together. Are they anything bone/very deteriorated teeth/claws or just worm calcified borrows. very fragile and have selenite encrusted on most of em. Have very little knowledge on dino bones etc and don’t look for em just came to this spot looking for Indian stuff and selenite gypsum crystals. fyi cutting and polishing possible bones for a custom knife I’m making and jewelry for daughter and wife.

Hi, I am looking to learn more about the skills and equipment and substances that are commonly used in prepping and polishing rough agatized dinosaur bones that will bring out the colors intensity in ways that you achieve when you wet the bone surface when its in unpolished state like this: Before (left pic) & After (right pic) Any comprehensive information source or how-to guide for beginners you guys can recommend me to look up? Thanks in advance.