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Is any of those stones a piece of bone?


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Hi everyone,

 

I was wondering if any of those stones might be pieces of dinosaur bones (or any bones, in fact). They were found in Romania, in a valley of the river close to Hateg. If anyone replies to my question, I have a request: could you please send me a private message? I'm on holidays and I have limited access to a computer, but I receive messages from TFF on my mobile phone, so I will know whether I should keep the stones or get rid of them :)

 

Thanks a lot for help :)

 

 

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Before we all rush in PMing Kasia, what do we think?

Quartzite and calcite pebbles?

Anyone see anything worth keeping? 

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I'm not seeing any bone here. :unsure: 

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55 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

I'm not seeing any bone here. :unsure: 

 

46 minutes ago, Fruitbat said:

Looks like a form of gypsum called 'satin spar' to me.  Already PMed Kasia to that effect.

 

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1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Before we all rush in PMing Kasia, what do we think?

Quartzite and calcite pebbles?

Anyone see anything worth keeping? 

Thanks a lot for help, guys :)

 

Kasia

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Metamorphosed laminar sandstone-to-quartzite, me thinks.

It should have a hardness of 7.

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I'm glad you reached my Country, Kasia. :)

Although the area may show up dinosaur bone fragments, what you have there are rocks transported from the higher levels.

I suppose they are schist, at least the laminar ones.

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If you have enough time, you may visit the "Valea Nandrului" locality area for large gastropods (Acteonella). They are somewhere in that area, as described here .

Go along the river Petac, upstream, and probably you'll find them in the river.

 

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