hndmarshall Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 found this yesterday evening could it be the impression of some sort of bone?..part of a jaw?...impressions of something...a piece of spine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 It's either a brain case or a chert nodule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Photos are too blurry to tell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hndmarshall Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 I am sorry I am taking my pics the best i can with what I have I also have an eye condition I see double so focusing is a bit hard for me I have glasses but they only do so much as my double vision is up and down not side to side as for equipment all I have is my cell phone and my micro camera....I do need a good camera it is o my want list. I did try to take a few more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 It still seems like it should be obvious, but some how it's not quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hndmarshall Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, Rockwood said: It still seems like it should be obvious, but some how it's not quite. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Hi I hope you don’t mind I have lightened your photos a bit to help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, hndmarshall said: ??? It has the appearance of bone that housed internal tissues of some sort such as a brain case, but the texture seems wrong and the symmetry slightly askew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hndmarshall Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Hi I hope you don’t mind I have lightened your photos a bit to help. not at all if it helps have at it :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hndmarshall Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 Just now, Rockwood said: It has the appearance of bone that housed internal tissues of some sort such as a brain case, but the texture seems wrong and the symmetry slightly askew. Yea like it was deformed?..or crushed at some point?...what if it were a youngster whos bones were still soft that had died?... just tossing ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 29 minutes ago, hndmarshall said: Yea like it was deformed?..or crushed at some point?...what if it were a youngster whos bones were still soft that had died?... just tossing ideas Distortion during fossilization is common. I think the texture is the problem, but it could be a preservation that I'm not familiar with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 I guess , it might be a skull element. If it's hyperostosed the symmetry may be unequal. Also, it could be a hard substrate with bioerosional markings, or an ironstone. It would be on help to know some physical properties of it (like hardness, specific gravity, etc.) and the location / geological settings of the find. Hard to tell from the pictures what it could be, I'm afraid. " 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...
caldigger Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 If nothing else, it will make a right nifty pencil holder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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