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Heya. Recently found this rock (or bone?) in glacial till, about 2 or 3 feet down in a hole. Not sure exactly if it’s bone or not so I’m posting it on here. It’s about 2 inches long and about an inch or an inch and a half wide.

 

 

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ClearLake Regular Member

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Looks more like a rock to me, possibly a metamorphic one. 

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2 minutes ago, CrankyPongine said:

Is there a way to tell for sure

I’m seeing laminations and rock pebbles or crystals (not sure which without sharper focused pictures) in the broken part (pictures 2-4) which would indicate rock. I’m not really seeing bone texture or any identifying bone features in this rock. 

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Rockwood Regular Member

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This is definitely metamorphic rock. As Wiki would say it shows show pronounced schistosity (I think). :)

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