fossilnut Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) I was about to throw out a broken 2 inch shell when I noticed a dark object lodged inside. It is about 1/2 inch square. dark black/brown, opaque and hard. I had hoped it was amber but too hard. Won't scratch with a dental pick and sinks in salted water. Shell came from piles to be used to pave parking lot @ Bradenton Beach, FL (See Bradenton beach Fossil shells) I am reasonably certain that there is no mixing of any recent material. Have any SMR Pinecrest collectors ever seen this material? Any help in ID or other steps I could take to identify it would be appreciated. will attach pictures. Thanks Edited March 7, 2017 by fossilnut hopefully a better pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) additional pictures Edited March 7, 2017 by fossilnut poor quality pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 We can not identify blurry pictures, please post better images. Thanks Tony 1 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...
fossilnut Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 additional pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Looks like a stream tumbled rock. 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...
Kane Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Somewhat agree with Tony. It looks metallic, almost like hematite, but that could be a feature of glare from the camera. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 frags of teeth get beat up like this in transgressive lags and pebbles in those lags are often covered in phosphatic mineral. It looks like a laggy tooth frag of something. If there was coarse sand and gravel associated with the find that would explain it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 It looks glassy and I see conchoidal fractures on it, also the specimen looks to be tumbled by waves and polished by sand+water. I think is not a fossil. " 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...
fossilnut Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 I agree with Abyssunder that it looks glassy and it appears to have a conchoidal fracture. I don't think it is a fossil either. I cleaned out a number of shells that I found with this one, all had small sandy material in them. None had any larger pieces like this one. Since it was in the pile of fossil material it did not appear to have any modern material contaminating it such as glass. That is why I am wondering if any of the TFF who have hunted SMR have every seen this kind of material in any of the shells and if so what is it? Plax I don't fully understand your laggy tooth frag. It seems to be the same material throughout-no covering material. I found no teeth at all in this material including no frags and no gravel-only some broken shell material. I know it is hard from pictures (i'm not the best photog) but its more glassy than metallic. I appreciate the comments, Makes me think. Thanks to all. Hope someone else has found this kind of "rock" in SMR material. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 how about the phosphatized umbo region only of a large oyster for instance? I think there are too many hints of structure that is non mineral for this to just be a pebble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Plax could you explain further "too many hints of structure"? Thanks for your interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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