ucicvare Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I found these two pieces on a gravel bar in the Pigeon River in North East Tennessee.I think one is a Bear Tooth? I first thought that the pointed part was the tooth, and the white part was bone. Under a magnifying glass it looks like the white part is tooth, and the other is the root. Can't tell for sure. The area is an old sedimentry basin for an ocean that existed 200m - 146m years ago. I am thinking that maybe this is not that old. The second piece is just strange. I saw about 500 gazillion pieces of identical smooth rock, and this one piece was the ONLY one that looked like this. It was so out of place. I have no idea what it is, but it is clearly different that everything else on that gravel bar. Any help in identity/guessing age would be appreciated. Barry Swope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Both examples appear to be geologic in character. I'm not seeing a tooth. We have a several members familiar with the geology in Tennessee that may weigh in. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Both appear to be fragments of metamorphic rock (probably schist) with veins of quartz. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucicvare Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 I found this as well. Is it a tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) The last one could be an arrow point (or perhaps a partially completed one). The edges looked worked. Is it hard enough to scratch glass? Edited October 22, 2013 by Missourian Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucicvare Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 The last one could be an arrow point (or perhaps a partially completed one). The edges looked worked. Is it hard enough to scratch glass? It's a Made in America Product, no doubt. I have hunted arrowheads for some time. I know very little about fossils, but i can promise you that an early native Alabamaian man made that point. Under magnification it has perfect tool marks from top to bottom. My brother actually found it near the Cahaba River in Trussville, Al recently. The picture does not do it justice. It is one of the best pieces I have seen lately. The style is classic for the area, and could be as old as 10,000 yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucicvare Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 I think the piece that I found matches the front half of this tooth. I think the piece I have is actually half of a tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I think the piece that I found matches the front half of this tooth. I think the piece I have is actually half of a tooth. CaveBearTooth.jpg I can see where one could be led to think that, but your specimen is not enamel and bone, it is quartz and stone, weathered to a suggestive shape. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucicvare Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 I can see where one could be led to think that, but your specimen is not enamel and bone, it is quartz and stone, weathered to a suggestive shape. You could be right. If indeed this piece was never alive, then nature did an awesome job of fooling me. The piece that I have has a distinctive break mark on the back side, and the root has a triangle shape with identical scalloped faces. I am not yet fully convinced that it is not a fossil. I will try to post better pictures later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 You could be right. If indeed this piece was never alive, then nature did an awesome job of fooling me. The piece that I have has a distinctive break mark on the back side, and the root has a triangle shape with identical scalloped faces. I am not yet fully convinced that it is not a fossil. I will try to post better pictures later. He is correct. It isn't a fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 looks like schist and pink quartzite. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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