JLBeach Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Hello all - I am new to this forum, and I hope that I provide you with the correct information - Please let me know if you need more. I found this today on a sand bar in Iowa; it caught my attention because it looks like a fossilized tooth. The rock part that represents the 'tooth' is different in color and texture than the part that represents the 'gum' area. Maybe it is just an odd looking rock, but I thought I would send it out to all of you experts to get your thoughts. Thank you to all! (this is such a neat site - I am glad that I found it; you are all SO knowledgeable) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Welcome to the Forum. It is a very suggestive looking rock. The "enamel" looking area looks like calcite to me. Mother Nature sure likes a good practical joke. It is one of the better tooth mimics I have seen on here, though. Regards, 2 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...
JLBeach Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 Thank you - I had mixed feelings on it, and so I am glad that you have given me a definite answer! On a different note, I wish I would have found this site earlier in the day . . . I have a feeling that I will be reading past posts long into the night - all so fascinating! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Welcome to TFF! I agree with Tim. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Going a little further, it looks like a suggestively weathered piece of a septarian nodule. 3 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 That was my thought, also ! Pice of a septarian nodule. https://www.google.com/search?q=septarian+nodule&biw=1360&bih=612&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiQwsaz-dfPAhWbOsAKHTVLD5AQ_AUIBygC " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonsDoc Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Had me fooled but I'm no tooth expert! Cool find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLBeach Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 Thanks, all! I definitely learned from you today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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