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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Aug 30, 2010 18:39:18 GMT -5
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tasart
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Post by tasart on Aug 30, 2010 18:54:33 GMT -5
This looks like a mammoth tooth, I don't think it's worth cabbing, much better kept as a specimen! do a Google images search for mammoth tooth
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Post by Toad on Aug 30, 2010 18:55:46 GMT -5
One side looks agatized. But not sure about rest - looks more sedimentaruy...
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jcinpc
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Post by jcinpc on Aug 30, 2010 19:09:36 GMT -5
NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and I mean NOOOOOOOO. dont mess up that mammoth tooth.They wont cab like you think. Mastodon teeth have enough enamel that can cab but not like a rock.
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Aug 30, 2010 19:31:00 GMT -5
Wellllllllll, I don't Know! There was a little card in the box with all the stuff so I just assumed it was what the card said since I didn't see anything else that looked like it could be a dino bone. :blush: This is what it said: Dinosaur Bone Colorado - Stegosaurus Colorado State Fossil Morrison formation Jurassic period - West Co-East Utah. I wouldn't know the dif between a bone & a tooth. Looked like a bone to me! Guess it just stays on the table then!
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 30, 2010 19:45:01 GMT -5
Donnie, that mammoth tooth is worth much more as a specimen, than it would be as cabs. Don
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 30, 2010 20:07:03 GMT -5
#1 pickup line in a hillbilly bar, " Nice tooth!" Great looking Specimen Donnie. Don't cut it up!.....Mel
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docharber
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Post by docharber on Aug 30, 2010 20:25:10 GMT -5
Ditto- those are high dollar fossils. A lot of them come from here in northern Florida and along with dabre tooth tiger tusks, turtle shells and camel remains, they are very much sought out. Check it out on eBay. And, don't even think of cutting it up!
Mark H.
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Aug 31, 2010 20:40:42 GMT -5
Well, I couldn't anyway!!!!!!!!! I only have a 7" saw & it's way too big for that. Just thought I'd ask! Thanks you all!
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Post by Roller on Aug 31, 2010 21:52:26 GMT -5
whats it worth ? sell it maybe and get a full load of dine poop ...or bone or whatever ...
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Post by NatureNut on Aug 31, 2010 23:39:15 GMT -5
Haha, this was fun to read. Nice tooth Donnie. Not many have people can say they have a mammoth tooth on their shelf, or they have to go brush their mammoth tooth, LOL. Jo
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Post by rockmanken on Sept 1, 2010 7:02:25 GMT -5
I agree, don't cut it. They have to be stabilized with opticon first before cutting as they are very brittle and will come apart. Occasionally you get one that is agatized real good and it don't have to be stabilized. Even after slabbing it may need to be stabilized again. A tooth like that will be worth $300-$700. Ken
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 1, 2010 8:35:56 GMT -5
Yes its a mammoth tooth,I also have one in my collection.Don't cut it at all!!! Nice piece too,looks like its agatized.
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Sept 1, 2010 8:43:03 GMT -5
Yep that is a mammoth tooth!
that is worth more whole than in little bits and pieces
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pporky
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Post by pporky on Sept 2, 2010 6:36:04 GMT -5
Great tooth Donnie, isn't this site great how it can advise us when we have unknown to us treasures that may well have been lost forever. I am sure it's looking better all the time on the table...Bill
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