cck Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Maybe a chunk of bone from the beach replenishment a few years ago…I don’t see any recognizable features maybe others will 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Obx Mae Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Appreciate your input! Link to post Share on other sites
debivort Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I don't see much by way of bone texture here. Is there a region that has a clear cancellous structure (the spongey/foamy looking middle of many bones)? I suspect it's something geologic like a phosphate nodule. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Obx Mae Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 I don’t see any of the material your describing…did pull up images of phosphate nodules and it definitely looks like the picture I found. Thank you for replying to my image. Link to post Share on other sites
Obx Mae Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Here’s a few more pictures of it for viewing… 1 Link to post Share on other sites
debivort Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 mm, good photos, but I still lean geologic. It's an intriguing shape and I would almost certainly pick it up to take a look. Hopefully you get a couple more replies. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Obx Mae Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 Thanks again I lean with you. Link to post Share on other sites
jpc Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 8 hours ago, debivort said: mm, good photos, but I still lean geologic. It's an intriguing shape and I would almost certainly pick it up to take a look. Hopefully you get a couple more replies. I disagree.. this looks very boney. The texture looks boney and skulls and vertebrae can have nice round holes like that. But what? If I had to put a label on it based on these pix I would say a worn tumbled piece of a larger bone (like a skull or a vertebra). 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
debivort Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Seems more "laminated" than cancellous compared to what I've found in South Carolina and MD. But I'm not at all certain. Thoughts @Meganeura @Fin Lover ? Question for @Obx Mae - is there an obvious plane of bilateral symmetry? Link to post Share on other sites
Meganeura Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 It's an interesting one. I would say bone, personally - not every bone piece I've found has the porous texture, there's definitely chunks that are smoothed over. From what though... not a snarge clue! Link to post Share on other sites
Mahnmut Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Hi, concerning symmetry I´d say if its a bone, its a small fragment of something bigger like JPC said. Seemingly not including the exact midline. Best Regards J Link to post Share on other sites
Obx Mae Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 So sorry it took me so long to get back to your question Debivort….no symmetry at all. Link to post Share on other sites
sixgill pete Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I agree with @jpc on this. Very obviously a broken, worn and tumbled piece of a larger bone. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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