Fossilcollector Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 So this is one of my odd finds from the Denver show. I was picking out tiny gold crystals from a pile when I noticed a bone-shaped piece of gold. It really looked like a bone and has features on both sides. It measures about 1/4 of an inch. Gold is hydrothermally deposited, so technically it could infill a cavity that was left by a bone...(remember that there are emerald replaced fossils, pyrite fossils, and turquoise fossils). Or it's just an oddly shaped piece of gold. At the moment I'm accepting that it's a pseudofossil, until I can find more specimens... - Yinan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma_kun Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 You are probably right and it's just an oddly shaped piece of gold, but it's beautiful regardless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisonJim Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Or, someone made it to look like a bone. I've seen gold jewelry like that but, of course, it had a place for attachment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma_kun Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Good point, if you looked at it with a decent loupe you could check for casting seams or machining marks, although they could easily be polished out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilcollector Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 No casting seams and it's from a reliable supplier of mined natural gold crystals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 The specimen does a familiar shape. Odds are it just that, however, would be interesting to hear from some of our vert aficionados Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Theres probably a gold nugget somewhere that bares a resemblance to Donald Duck... Purely coincidental I would say...lol Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik m Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 It could be that this is from the bird that had the golden egg's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisonJim Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 (edited) Well, if it came from a reliable supplier of mined gold crystals, I'd say it's just a weird nugget. Gold filling in a fossil or bone void is beyond my believability. I don't know how it would "pour" itself in there without other minerals. But you know what? The chances of a fossil even happening from a given bone are slim so I guess it could happen. Here's some stuff made by humans. Edited to remove images. If you want to see three or four similar "bones" you can go to Google Images and put in "gold bones." Edited September 22, 2011 by BisonLatifrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJon Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 It could be that this is from the bird that had the golden egg's Or maybe a golden eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I can't get over how much it looks like a small limb bone.. That is way, way cool in any case!! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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