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is this a tooth of some kind?


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EJcVC01YSmus3EBStWb9Xg.thumb.jpg.129d7b1df961e3e6dbed19c482d116b9.jpgIt seems that the "tooth" is made of some kind of agate or quartz in a matrix of limestone. Can anyone identify?

 

Found in Columbia Missouri near the Hinkson Creek south of town.

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Sorry. Not a tooth. 

It looks like a nodule. A limestone nodule would be my first guess, but it's hard to say for sure by sight.

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Not seeing a tooth here either. 

Looks like some sort of crystal infill in a concretion. 

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