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Hi, Thank you all so much for your vast expertise. I have been a novice member for some months and have learnt so much from browsing around this forum. It is fascinating and l can happily spend hours here. I only have a few fossils , all common and easily identified. But l recently aquired this tooth which with the help of information on this forum l am tentatively labelling as a Sperm Whale tooth (Pygmy ?) It has horizontal banding and a hollow base which l think are characteristics? Unfortunately l have no information asto its region of origin. But it does have an old inventory (?) number on it, so it has been in someones collection for a while. At first glance it looks like there is a horrible repair/ patch on its tip. But this does not seem to be the case, just feeding damage wearing the tooth down to the underlying enamel area ? If l understand this correctly the cementum is on the outside of whale teeth and the enamel only shows through on the tip where it is worn away with feeding ? Any information as to age ,species etc would be gratefully received. (even if it turns out to be a croc tooth !) Thanks so much Sue
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Just received this Sperm Whale tooth, which came from river diving in Georgia... no other information was provided to me. 8ve done my due diligence and have figured out what it isn't, but am no closer to what it actually is... I'm unsure how to label it. Approximately 4 9/16” long. Uncleaned as found.