Is this a tooth?

[Kyle Quina]

This was found searching through a matrix sample from the Lee Creek Mine in Aurora, NC. It is shaped like a tooth, but it also looks like a clump of sediment. Does anyone have a suggestion?

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[Jayson Kowinsky]

Hello,

I don’t think it’s a tooth.   The coquina layer in the Pungo River formation at Aurora is cemented together by limestone full of those tiny phosphate grains that I see in your sample.

It looks like a piece of coquina matrix from the Pungo River that just happens to have a tooth shape.

Later!

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[Barbara Wellington]

I would really like to identify some of my finds. Here is a find, bone material I think. Found in Northwest Missouri

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[Sadie Mills]

@barbara-wellington, thanks for sharing! @vperez, @jeanette-pirlo, @smoran- can you help with ID, or recommend someone to help ID?

[Victor Perez]

I can’t quite tell from these photos. Would you mind taking some more photos? I suggest placing the specimen on a table or stable surface so that you can get better clarity. Sorry I can’t be of more help!

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