Baseraider Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Found this among river rocks Approximately 10cm Any ideas??? https://ibb.co/vVrNSF0 https://ibb.co/LvxYpL8 https://ibb.co/bvY9frs https://ibb.co/vzYcjkH https://ibb.co/GsHPBYF https://ibb.co/drGMnVL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacTheFossilMan Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Hello. The pictures are much too blurry for an accurate identification. Is there any chance you could take better ones? ~ Isaac; www.isaactfm.com "Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move!" - Alan Grant Come to the spring that is The Fossil Forum, where the stream of warmth and knowledge never runs dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Where was this found? State, county? Looks like a mammal bone chunk. Not sure you can get any further than that with it. Have you tried the flame test? 1 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...
Rockwood Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Excuse the technical terms here. The hollow, twisted look with a smooshed flare on the end would be found in a mammal humerus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseraider Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: Excuse the technical terms here. The hollow, twisted look with a smooshed flare on the end would be found in a mammal humerus. Thanks for the info. This was my assumption. Sorry for the poor picture quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseraider Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: Where was this found? State, county? Looks like a mammal bone chunk. Not sure you can get any further than that with it. Have you tried the flame test? Found in river rocks used for planters. Unsure where they originated. Im in kleberg County , Texas Have not tried a flame test... can you elaborate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Hold the bone to an open flame. If it burns, or gives off a burnt hair type smell, it is modern bone. If it doesn't burn, doesn't smell, it is mineralized, and therefore a fossil. 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...
Baseraider Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 16 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Hold the bone to an open flame. If it burns, or gives off a burnt hair type smell, it is modern bone. If it doesn't burn, doesn't smell, it is mineralized, and therefore a fossil. Definitely mineralized. No smell or burning upon applying open flame and stabbing with a hot needle. Thanks again for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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