possible bone, vert, id

[Roberta NJ CA]

Hi All!  With the moderator's approval, I am reposting a few pics (1 year ago or so) that several members id' it as bone and/or vertebra.   the subjects were found in Scotts Valley, CA.  I am reposting them so hopefully someone can point out what and where the bones are located so I can I compare them to other pieces I have as well as learning how to spot possible bone.   I am going to send these off to our resident prepper Kris and perhaps he can show how to reveal and/uncover what's good (bones) and what's not (concretions) if he chooses to work on them.

 

Thanks in advance for your guidance and help!

Roberta

[Roberta NJ CA]

Hi All!  With the moderator's approval, I am reposting a few pics (1 year ago or so) that several members id' it as bone and/or vertebra.   the subjects were found in Scotts Valley, CA.  I am reposting them so hopefully someone can point out what and where the bones are located so I can I compare them to other pieces I have as well as learning how to spot possible bone.   I am going to send these off to our resident prepper Kris and perhaps he can show how to reveal and/or uncover what's good (bones) and what's not (concretions) if he chooses to work on them.

 

Thanks in advance for your guidance and help!

Roberta

 

[Rockwood]

There's bone there, but I think you have to subtract too much rock for it to equal vet..

[Rockwood]

I really should read these posts. 

Last photo: left rock right bone. 

I know what you mean about prepping this sort of thing. It's easy to find yourself wondering where the divide is. 

[Ptychodus04]

These are definitely preppable. In pics 1-2 the bone is the lighter part and the matrix is the part with the green tinge.

 

in the other pics, the bone appears to be the darker with the matrix lighter. These also have a lot of iron staining.