Lorna Mathews Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Found very close to the location where a dinosaur was discovered. The dinosaur is now in the natural history museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 One possibility is deer tine, part of an antler. 3 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Doesn't look like tooth or bone to me? Looks modern. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.cheese Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Try hold a lighter to it and see if it smells? Possibly it will smell like burning hair. This will give us an better idea if it is in fact a fossil. I am with @Shellseeker but also a slim chance of a boar tusk maybe? I don't hold much hope for it being a fossil but we shall see what others think too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 I would like to see the center and the broken edge is sharp focus, right now i am not seeing any texture in these areas making me think think of burrow or internal mold. Tooth or tusk should have fine internal lines and possibly a pulp chamber. Think of the Schreger lines of mammoth or the globular dentin in walrus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 It's certainly not from a dinosaur at any rate, so you can get that out of your head. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorna Mathews Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 It is not bone or ivory. I am certain it is a fossil. I have a vast collection of boar tusks and animal bones and I know that it is neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Take it to your nearest natural history museum and ask them to assess it for you. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 18 minutes ago, Lorna Mathews said: It is not bone or ivory. I am certain it is a fossil. I have a vast collection of boar tusks and animal bones and I know that it is neither. Have you tried the burn test? Cropped and rotated: 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...
val horn Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 It may be time to take it to your local museum or university Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Part of a rib? Looks like stone to me, is it heavy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 14 hours ago, Lorna Mathews said: Found very close to the location where a dinosaur was discovered. The dinosaur is now in the natural history museum. Where? Surrey, UK? BC? ??? Can you take close ups of the broken end? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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