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cheney416 Regular Member

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 I bought this megalodon tooth yesterday and i saw some small paterns looks like

a fabric on it's worn surface.

 

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I never seen like this on megalodon tooth surface before... There's someone know about this? 

 

+this tooth is from South Carolina, USA

5" size

 

Thanks for your help.

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Auspex Regular Member

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Very observant!

I suspect that these may be artifacts of how the enamel is laid down, revealed by the 'etching' effect of the weathering.

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Miocene_Mason Regular Member

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I believe that is osteodentin(e). 

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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On 2018. 5. 21. at 12:09 AM, WhodamanHD said:

I believe that is osteodentin(e). 

 

On 2018. 5. 20. at 11:49 PM, Auspex said:

Very observant!

I suspect that these may be artifacts of how the enamel is laid down, revealed by the 'etching' effect of the weathering.

 

Thanks! i can feel again why fossils are interesting:)

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