Krystalionaire Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I found this in the Wind River formation/ indian meadows formation. It was laying on top of the ground I haven't been able to figure out what it could be and It is so cool I need some help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automech Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Welcome to the Forum from Maryland. It's looking like a rock to me. Could you post a picture of the broken end? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 The outside of it doesn't feel like a rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Metamorphic rock, I think. No enamel, so not a tooth. No bone texture, so not a claw or bone. The structures at the broken end look like crystal habit to me. 1 2 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...
Krystalionaire Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 I get what you are saying I just don't want to believe it haha it just does not seem like a rock to me! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 If that is not a rock, then it is plastic. I still say it is quartz. 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...
Krystalionaire Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 It is definitely ot plastic! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Not familiar with wind river formation where and what conditions are involved can it be a tabulate coral? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Possibly yes! It is in Wyoming about 80 miles outside of yellowstone! We have a lot of coral and sea fossils here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Makes more sense to me that itd be coral than a rock! 11 hours ago, val horn said: Not familiar with wind river formation where and what conditions are involved can it be a tabulate coral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 My initial thought was a tusk of se kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krystalionaire Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Tiny tusk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Not a tusk, unfortunately. Not seeing any coralites, or indications that it is coral, either. Quartz is where I am with 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...
val horn Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 It is not a tooth tusk or bone no enamel no trabecular structure. I thought coral was possible because of the thin columns visible on the side and in on the broken surface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 It is worth taking it to local fossil club or university geology paleontology department local people familiar with area will recognize it as a fossil or a type of rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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