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Went out metal detecting yesterday and found this in northwest Arkansas. It's exactly 2 1/2" long. It looked like a black rock so I thought it was an unusual shape so I brought it home washed it and it was white. The shape is unusual and the rings on the end are like wood. There's a tiny hole the black is dirt in the hole. It sparkles in the sun a tiny bit but it's not crystal and it doesn't look like the limestone I usually find. Help me out please, thanks.
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Need help identifying shark tooth fossil. Search of several fossil books yields short fin mako. But internet search has it as "lesser white" and not mako.
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I found this rock this morning in Marysville, CA. On the property that o am a caretaker for. I think it's beautiful. It is covered in the swirls, etc. That you see in the picture. Thank you for your help identifying this rock and I appreciate it.
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Is this a shark tooth? It is perfect in shape, (as I pictured in my mind.) Wife is saying no because it looks fossilized and still white. Any insight will be helpful.
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I had purchased a lot of Madascar banded agates, and it looked too good to be true. So one was broken only to find a clear, banded pattern underneath about a millimeter thick colored outside. If one is like this, then I presume all is. I have spent alot of money purchasing these just to be fake? Please help me to be sure.
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My son Jacob and I found some interesting pieces still in grey clay matrix. 1. At first we were hopeful maybe Mammoth Milk Tusk, however He found a beautiful Meg blade amongst the material so probably not. But very heavy, and all are VERY sticky to wet skin. 2. Very heavy for its size and solid with no sign of a marrow channel 3. Very heavy for its size and solid with no sign of a marrow channel 4. Pretty heavy for its size and solid with no sign of a marrow channel, but end is slightly shiny and like chert, also has a tan tinge 5. Very heavy for its size and solid with no sign of a marrow channel, however it seems to be much more worn or weathered on the surface
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Hi all, I found this hollow Great White tooth this morning when out on a hunt in Charleston, SC. Is this an example of a tooth that was in the back of the jaw and was not fully developed? Or is there a way to even tell that? I have found several Great White’s with missing roots and this one feels different - it is much lighter and feels more fragile. Any information is appreciated and happy to post more pics if needed. Thanks!
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Hey all, I had a quick question regarding fossil great white teeth. I am from Charleston, SC and hunt for teeth a good bit. Great White teeth are rare here compared to other places. I have read that the roots of Great White teeth tend to break easier than a Meg, Angy, Hastalis, etc. That is definitely true for the handful I have found in Charleston (see pic). I follow a page on Facebook and consistently see people finding full great whites with the root fully intact in Myrtle Beach, SC and Cherry Grove. My question - how come GW teeth found here in Charleston consistently have the root broken, but in Myrtle Beach they are consistently full with root intact? Is it due to age of the tooth? More Great Whites in that area? Just a random observation and wanted to see if anyone could provide an explanation. Thanks!
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So......this stumps me on four levels (not a hard thing to do ) One- it is "sunken" into the shale (Stark Shale between Winterset and Bethany Falls limestone (Pennsylvania); Two-it is cracked ( at the 7th segment/ridge), Three- how do I get this out? and Four- what is it? It does not appear to be a crinoid is my best guess! I sealed it with a very dilute solution of butvar but not sure next steps. Thanks all!! Bone
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Is This a tooth Fossil?
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White fossil found in Limestone piece in Kerry Ireland beach
Fossil1234x posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, I found this piece on a beach in west Kerry Ireland. It is on what I believe to be a piece of limestone and I am wondering if it is an actual fossil or just a crystalline structure in the rock and if it’s a fossil which one would it be? Thank You
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Stigmaria ficoides is a type designation for roots of scale trees (Lycopods). The main roots have scars, usually ovate, where the rootlets once attached. In this specimen you can clearly see not only the main root but rootlets coming off of the main root at right angles on both sides. The white highlights on this plate are iron oxide left from the original plant material. The site where this was found is part of the same formation as the famous St Clair locality, which is known for its white fern fossils.
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I found this probably rock near Estes park Colorado, I’m pretty sure it’s a rock but I thought i would come here and ask just in case, so fossil or not?
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Got back out with my kids a couple of times last week to the Calvert Cliffs for some crabbing and fossil hunting. The tides were really low so there was a lot more beach exposed than I've seen in awhile. We were primed for some nice finds and weren't disappointed! There was so much shell line and tidal bottom exposed, though, it was almost hard to pick where we wanted to search. Everywhere looked good! Anyway, we combed the prime areas as best we could and ended up with some really great teeth, verts, and a bunch of nice rib fragments for some reason. Teeth highlights were a really sweet giant white (C. Plicatilis) tooth -- I think -- a couple of cow shark teeth, and, of course, some great hemipristis for the Hemihunter! We picked up a couple of cool fish verts, too, but I could use help with ID on these--neither are tuna, I don't think. Also, what I thought at first was just another piece of ray plate (ho hum) turned out to be a chunk of ray barb, which I have never found before. I was glad my spidey sense told me to take a closer look at that one. We also pulled a few cetacean verts out of the tidal rubble, one still with some process attached, which was neat. Rolling over some clay chunks in search of hiding teeth paid off when we uncovered half of what must have been a beefy 3" meg--before it got weathered to heck. Still, it was half a meg! Finally, we collected another little mystery (to me) tooth with a small cusp and a really fat, triangular root. Any ideas on what that one is would be appreciated. Oh, we also came across a 6" blue crab that had just shed minutes before. It was so soft it couldn't even hold up a claw out of the water and felt like jello. Well, we brought that guy home, floured and fried him up whole, and sprinkled on some Old Bay. Delicious! I pulled together our best finds below. Enjoy the pics!
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Hello all! I am a new member, and this is my first post. Could I please have some help figuring out if these rocks are petrified wood? Most of them were found in a small Pennsylvanian stream. It looks like they are quartz, crystal quartz, but I am no expert. There should be about two pictures of each rock. Thanks for your help, and I have more pictures of different rocks if needed.
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What kind of fossil is this. I got it in one of those fossil grab bags. It has many lines running through the top and two “layers” sort of.
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From the album: Mitchu Fossils
Beautiful Great White found in NC
