lesa7894 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) Hi my granddaughter and I found this along the creek bed in house springs, mo. I think that it is a bone of some sort and there are shinies in all the dark spots. Especially the top where the hole is. The hole is very porius I'm assuming because of the marrow. So I'm assuming it's old but just an amateur hunter here and never found any type of bone before I have more photos but these give the best description. 1st photo is standing up. The rings shine. 2 photo is of the side. Dark spots glitter. 3 is on the side but slightly turned. 4th is the bottom. 5 is front facing again bottom brown ring glitters. 6th Ariel view not very good.. 7th is of the dimensions of the hole. The whole piece is about 1 1/2" wide by 2" long. The hole is about 1" wide by 3/4" deep. Like I said the rings and dark spots are shiny like it has quartz in it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would like to know if it is for sure a bone, what kind of bone it is, and also If you know what animal it could be from, if it is a bone. Thanks everyone!!!! Edited June 10, 2020 by lesa7894 Spell check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Sorry. I don't think this is bone. Something in the concretion/nodule line would be my thought. Bet it stuck out like a sore thumb though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 +1 for non-bone geode/concretion. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesa7894 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: Sorry. I don't think this is bone. Something in the concretion/nodule line would be my thought. Bet it stuck out like a sore thumb though. Well when she first found it, mind you she's only 3, she just thought it was a cool rock with a hole in it. Then once I got home and showed my boyfriend, he was like that's a bone. And the more I looked at it the more it started to look like the end of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesa7894 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 Here's better pics with better lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesa7894 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 So there was a crack line that I decided to use it to crack it open. Here's what the inside looks like. I think I know now that it isn't a bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Looks like calcite/aragonite flowstone, aka "cave onyx". Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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