JasonM Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Need help identifying. Found in T or C, New Mexico. I think they are bones, but not 100% sure. Found in my backyard and was used as landscaping around a tree. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonM Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 I don't have access to a microscope, but it does seem to be exactly what your describing. Found another one up against a fence. See pics. Both found in my yard, I assume they are from the area. Will have to see if the original owner of the house knows anything about them. I live in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonM Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 More pics. So if this is from a KT event deposit layer would I be correct in assuming this could only be either bones or rocks that look like bones, since anything else it could be would have burned up? Sure looks like bones to me, but I'm no expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Welcome to the Forum. Sorry, but I am not seeing any bone material in this. 1 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...
ynot Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Agree with Tim, not seeing any bone. 1 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...
Al Dente Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 19 hours ago, JasonM said: Need help identifying. Found in T or C, New Mexico. I think they are bones, but not 100% sure. Found in my backyard and was used as landscaping around a tree. Thanks Looks like chert, not bone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I used to find similar looking concretions in the Kaibab limestone in Flagstaff, AZ. I agree with Al Dente 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 @Jason M As others, I don't see evidence of any bone in your photos. Nor do I think it probable that your images show examples of previously unrecognized, meteoritic impact altered bone. They do show interesting rocks familiar to those knowledgeable about the local geology. Google "Geologic map of the williamsburg 7.5-minute quadrangle, sierra county ... by AP Jochems · 2015" and "Geology of the Truth or Consequences area - New Mexico Geological Society by RE CLEMONS". There you will find some excellent info on your local geology. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Al Dente said: Looks like chert, not bone. I agree, in what looks like a limestone matrix. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reese the Rockhound Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 That rock is definitely impact-connected, but I think it's a pseudofossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Hueso Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 All I see is chert, but I am new... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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