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It does look like bone. Id like to make a suggestion. Make use of some plasticine clay or perhaps funny putty. It looks like the hollows may be what is left after the bone has fallen out. Ive a beautiful sample where more than 80% of the bone had weathered away. What a delight to press the clay an and upon pulling it out I even found a small row of “teeth”.

@lynette-luff Wow, thank you for informing me on what it could be. I didn’t know about this clay technique, it sounds very simple but also very easy to mess up though, I’m far from professional in the extraction practices, as you can see on the right I tried to narrow the stone down a bit by chipping away with my hammer, but I felt it was too risky.

Unfortunately I do not see any fossils in this stone, but keep looking, you are in the right place!

@mason-hintermeister any suggestions as to what the material on the left side could be by that print that’s there?

@joe-domjan it could have been a fossil at some point if so it’s distinguishing features have worn away. Otherwise, its likely a mineral inclusion or a clast. It looks like some of it might continue below a natural cleavage mark, a few gentle taps with a hammer and chisel might reveal more

@mason-hintermeister Okay, thanks for the word of advice

@joe-domjan No worries, best of luck and happy fossil hunting! Btw I am an intern for the myFOSSIL project, so always feel free to tag me with any fossil related questions

@mason-hintermeister I’ll keep that in mind, thanks again, and good luck to you on your fossil hunts as well

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