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Haley Hudson posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 2 months ago
3 years, 2 months ago3 years, 2 months agoCould this be bone? #fossil
Haley Hudson posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 2 months ago
Could this be bone? #fossil
This doesn’t look like a bone to me, but the picture is hard to tell what it is
thanks for your response, jennifer . I added an additional photo at the end, I hope it helps 🤍🤍
Greeting @haley-hudson! Welcome to myFossil! From your specimen photos, I believe what you have is more mineral than animal. It’s hard to examine the grain from the photos, but I believe it is a crystalline rock like quartzite, a calcite-infused sedimentary rock, or a cryptocrystalline rock like chert. Hope this helps! If it’s chert , then it’s not technically a fossil but it is usually composed of millions of years worth of compressed diatom skeletons. So, billions of dead ancient plankton skeletons that have fused into rock formed of tiny quartz/silica crystals. Here’s a decent summary from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chert
Chert
oh my! @matthew-gramling thank you for your input I really appreciate the knowledge 🤍 that is amazing. looking forward to reading more about this.
Most welcome @haley-hudson! Welcome to the journey (and addiction lol) of rock and fossil collecting. Happy collecting!!!