Amarykah Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Hey all! I found this at Caspersen (FL) and have no idea what it is. It’s about an inch and a half. Hoping you all can educate me! Thanks! IMG_4601.MOV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarykah Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 Mammoth tooth fragment? And should I do something specific to clean/preserve it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opabinia Blues Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 This piece does not to appear to be of biological origin, ie it's not a fossil. You can rule out this being a tooth due to the lack of a uniform enamel texture. Nonetheless, this is a really fascinating mineral specimen. This is not my area of expertise, but it looks like you have some sort of (perhaps ferrous) coating over a bit of what I'm going to guess is a stratified piece of some sort of claystone? Really cool and unexpected for Florida. Hopefully someone else will be able to give a better rundown of what exactly you've got and how it formed. “The worse the country, the more tortured it is by water and wind, the more broken and carved, the more it attracts fossil hunters, who depend on the planet to open itself to us. We can only scratch away at what natural forced have brought to the surface.” - Jack Horner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Opabinia Blues said: This piece does not to appear to be of biological origin, ie it's not a fossil. You can rule out this being a tooth due to the lack of a uniform enamel texture. Nonetheless, this is a really fascinating mineral specimen. This is not my area of expertise, but it looks like you have some sort of (perhaps ferrous) coating over a bit of what I'm going to guess is a stratified piece of some sort of claystone? Really cool and unexpected for Florida. Hopefully someone else will be able to give a better rundown of what exactly you've got and how it formed. You can see the wavy enamel patterns of wooly mammoth teeth in this piece. The teeth of mammoth aren't uniform, they have bands of enamel, this is definitely a fragment of tooth 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opabinia Blues Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Just now, Misha said: You can see the wavy enamel patterns of wooly mammoth teeth in this piece. The teeth of mammoth aren't uniform, they have bands of enamel, this is definitely a fragment of tooth Neat, thanks for the info. I definitely would have dropped this one if I had found it. “The worse the country, the more tortured it is by water and wind, the more broken and carved, the more it attracts fossil hunters, who depend on the planet to open itself to us. We can only scratch away at what natural forced have brought to the surface.” - Jack Horner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I agree with mammoth tooth fragment 100%. Nice find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarykah Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 Exciting! Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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