admgg Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Found in Cincinnati, Ohio during a parking lot excavation. I know very little about fossils. This is some sort of organic material. Porous, agatized with a bone fragment that looks like a tooth (last photo) in one of the holes. Please advise, Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I'm not sure if this is based on anything biological like bone or coral but I do recognize the botryoidal (resembling a bunch of grapes) texture of the silicified coating seen in the second photo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botryoidal Possibly, our resident mineral expert @ynot can add something further? Welcome to the forum. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Welcome to TFF! I agree with a non fossil agate. It formed on something that has eroded away and left the holes. The "tooth" looks like a random piece of rock that got stuck in one of the holes. 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...
admgg Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Do an acid test...you could be dealing with calcite if you get a fizz. Otherwise it’s what everyone else said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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