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Can this be a Belemnite?!


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So...may this be a Belemnite or I am completely in the wrong direction?!

Sorry about the bad photo quality.

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Where was it found? Can you take a picture of something familiar (ruler, coin, etc.) next to your object to give it scale.

Location and age of deposit it came from are very important to get positive ID's on fossils.

 

 

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not a Belemnite

not a Belemnite

not a Belemnite

not a Belemnite

Not sure of the exact location but the country is Macedonia. I'm sorry I don't have any info about the age deposit.

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The structure in cross section does not look right for a belemnite.

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yeah, I agree with auspex. That white cross section is not at all belemnoid. They have very distinctive radiating crystal patterns on the inside.

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Is the large round end also dark colored? Does a steel knife scratch the dark and light areas? The object almost looks like a broken piece of painted or glazed ceramic.

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yeah, I agree with auspex. That white cross section is not at all belemnoid. They have very distinctive radiating crystal patterns on the inside.

I concur.

 

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The bullet shape is like of a belemnitid rostrum but the transverse section not reveals the radiating fibrous structure and the sometimes visible concentric rings. The radial pattern (prisms of calcite due to the mineralization process in time) and the concentric pattern (concentric rings due to the growth of the belemnite) have to be present. Here is a Belemnites rostrum in transverse section from my collection :

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Strange...

I also don't think you have a belemnite there, but it seems very interesting.

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looks like the tip of a deer antler

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