Sabertooth cat with stalagmite

[RobinRFlores]

[Wendell Ricketts]

Not this one either, I'm sorry to say.

[Uncle Siphuncle]

For reference, this is saber cat.

[Doctor Mud]

49 minutes ago, RobinRFlores said:

Can we see the broken end on the curved piece?

These are interesting but not teeth.

These also look like trace fossils or burrows.

[ynot]

Where did You find these pieces?

[RobinRFlores]

[Kane]

Without more precise information, we cannot be of much help. Texas is a big state. Providing us with at least a county helps us pin down the geology.  

Again, tell us where these were found. Photos alone don't help us.

[Doctor Mud]

From the last shot - definitely not bone.

 

I would suggest taking a look around on this forum or the Internet at fossilized bone. Some people think it looks like rock, but it still possesses a lot if the features it did when it was the original bone. these may be surface features such as attachment points for tendons and ligaments and internal structure such as trabecular or spongey bone.

[RobinRFlores]

5 minutes ago, Doctor Mud said:

From the last shot - definitely not bone.

 

I would suggest taking a look around on this forum or the Internet at fossilized bone. Some people think it looks like rock, but it still possesses a lot if the features it did when it was the original bone. these may be surface features such as attachment points for tendons and ligaments and internal structure such as trabecular or spongey bone.

Thanks

[abyssunder]

I'm going with Speleothems on these ones, as secodary mineral deposits, like the ones from here .

 

[Doctor Mud]

16 minutes ago, abyssunder said:

I'm going with Speleothems on these ones, as secodary mineral deposits, like the ones from here .

 

I think one of the pieces (not curved) could be secondary precipitation of calcium carbonate - it looks crystalline.

 

The curved ones look to be limestone and would be very odd shapes for speleothems. 

 

[Miocene_Mason]

Maybe it's a crack in the stone (or maybe burrow but I don't think that) Infilled with calcite.

[abyssunder]

48 minutes ago, Doctor Mud said:

I think one of the pieces (not curved) could be secondary precipitation of calcium carbonate - it looks crystalline.

 

The curved ones look to be limestone and would be very odd shapes for speleothems. 

 

Speleothems could have very odd shapes.
"Speleothems typically form in limestone or dolostone solutional caves." - according to Wikipedia

This picture shows that the curved "tooth" has crystal growth on the external surface, so I think they could be calcite crystals, also I think I could see growth patterns somehow perpendicular to the main axis.

 

[RobinRFlores]

This was picked from the ground

 

[ynot]

2 minutes ago, RobinRFlores said:

This was picked from the ground

When We ask for a location it is for information about the location (town, county or formation exposure) it is to help understand the rock in the area and this allows Us to better determine what is in the area. ei ... If it is an area where sandstone or shale are predominant and there is no limestone then We can rule out a speleothem as they are formed in limestone formations.

 

There are 2 possible id's for Your pieces here. Trace fossils in the form of burrow casts or speleothems (cave formations).

They are not bone or teeth.

[RobinRFlores]

2 minutes ago, ynot said:

When We ask for a location it is for information about the location (town, county or formation exposure) it is to help understand the rock in the area and this allows Us to better determine what is in the area. ei ... If it is an area where sandstone or shale are predominant and there is no limestone then We can rule out a speleothem as they are formed in limestone formations.

 

There are 2 possible id's for Your pieces here. Trace fossils in the form of burrow casts or speleothems (cave formations).

They are not bone or teeth.

Thank u