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Need your help - Is this bone?


Thefossildude

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Hi,

i need your help here. A buddy of mine found this on an old colonial era site. It actually goes back further. Artifacts such as old pewter spoons were found. Now I know that this is not a fossil, but knowing how knowledge this group is, do you think this is a bone? Few facts. 

1) it does not stick to wet skin which I believe is one indicator?

2) there is no marrow 

3) it has a layered look

4) part of the surface is flat

 

to me it almost looks like a tobacco pipe bowl rather than bone. 

 

So -it is bone?

 

thanks!!

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Hello, and welcome to the Forum. :) 

 

It does indeed appear to be a chunk of bone to me.  I'm not a bone guy, so wait for some expert opinions.

However, it could certainly be ceramic of some sort.  

Not sure you will get any kind of ID, as identification of chunks of bone are rarely possible. 

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