PauliPavilion Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I’m a newbie seeking to ID a fossilized bone found on the bank of the Meramec River in Crawford County, Mo. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 From the 2 images posted, I'm not sure it is fossilized and it appears to have been cut/sawed on both ends. Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauliPavilion Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Thanks for the reply. It is definitely fossilized. Here are clearer images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Did you do the burn test? Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Looks geologic, maybe a chert nodule, to me. Don 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1701 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Did you do the burn test? Sure, I'll show my ignorance - what's the burn test? (Thanks for your patience with my ignorance!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauliPavilion Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 34 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Did you do the burn test? Yes. It does not burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 50 minutes ago, Chief1701 said: Sure, I'll show my ignorance - what's the burn test? (Thanks for your patience with my ignorance!) To test if a bone is fossil or recent, you can hold a white hot needle, or a match, or lighter to the item. If it burns/gives off a burnt hair smell, it means there is still collagen in the item - therefore, it is "recent" or at least, not mineralized. If no smell makes itself apparent, it is likely a fossil. Hope that helps. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I agree with Don. It looks like a chert nodule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I agree with FossilDAWG, this object appears to be geological, not bone. 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauliPavilion Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Thanks. It looks for all the world like a bone, complete with marrow. Anyone i show it too immediately thinks it's what's left of a steak bone, until they feel it and learn that it is mineralized! But i guess chert nodules can fool you. Again, thanks for the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 I would have picked that up too. It looks like One of those dog treats that is shaped like a butchered bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 I have never seen that type of hard bone growth in the center of a round bone. I agree with a chert nodule. 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...
Chief1701 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 20 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: To test if a bone is fossil or recent, you can hold a white hot needle, or a match, or lighter to the item. If it burns/gives off a burnt hair smell, it means there is still collagen in the item - therefore, it is "recent" or at least, not mineralized. If no smell makes itself apparent, it is likely a fossil. Hope that helps. Thank you so much! It is humbling to be my age (62), and so ignorant.... I truly appreciate the education! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Chief1701 said: Thank you so much! It is humbling to be my age (62), and so ignorant.... I truly appreciate the education! We all had to start somewhere. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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