accidie Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Greetings, This is my first time posting here so I apologize if I don't get this quite right. I'm hoping to identify what I think may be a fossilized tooth. It looks to be a specialized tooth so I am assuming (perhaps wrongly) that it's mammalian in origin. It was found in an alluvial deposit on my land in Buncombe County, NC. I apologize that I am holding my find in several of these pictures; I couldn't work out a better way to get pictures of all sides. Any help would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Sorry. I see no indication that this is a tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 No, I’m afraid this is just a pointy rock, probably not sedimentary. Your county is primarily metamorphic rocks and fossils are likely to be rare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Sorry, the rock in your area and in all of the North Carolina mountains is too old for fossils. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Teeth would have enamel, and bone texture to any remaining root. This looks like a metamorphic rock of some sort, to me. No real tooth shape or textures, no enamel/tooth morphology. 1 2 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...
accidie Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Thank you so much for taking the time to help me learn. It is much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Google the North Carolina Geology map. I'm guessing that this is schist. https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/fips-unit.php?code=f37021 there are paleozoic fossils not too far from you in eastern Tenessee and southwestern Virginia. Not fair that the fossiliferous rocks jog around western NC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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