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Hi, I found this on West Runton beach in North Norfolk, UK. I’m wondering if it is a fossil and if so what type? I have included a standard sized store card for scale Thanks!

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interesting one, but, for me its not possible to decide if its fossil or not. Does it have fine structure? Looks a little bit like a piece of petrified wood, but...

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Thanks for your reply! 
I have seen some pictures of mammoth tooth fossils that I can see some common features with so I thought it might be a fragment/plate. The Surface looks a similar texture and shape to the one pictured here https://www.denofantiquity.co.uk/product/rare-large-british-woolly-mammoth-tooth-from-norfolk-england/

Here is a picture of what might be the grinding surface

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Its a piece of a mammoth molar. In Dutch we call it "lamel". I forgot the English word for it.

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1 hour ago, sjaak said:

Its a piece of a mammoth molar. In Dutch we call it "lamel". I forgot the English word for it.

 
Thanks!

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