elizabeth
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Post by elizabeth on Aug 8, 2011 13:36:29 GMT -5
I found this on the beach in Bandon Oregon. Could someone help me identify. :help: Attachments:
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Post by johnjsgems on Aug 8, 2011 13:48:14 GMT -5
Possibly whale bone but hard to tell by picture.
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elizabeth
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Post by elizabeth on Aug 8, 2011 13:56:49 GMT -5
Hopefully this is a better picture. Attachments:
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 8, 2011 16:09:18 GMT -5
Looks like whale bone..................
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elizabeth
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Post by elizabeth on Aug 8, 2011 20:05:56 GMT -5
I wanted to share this with my students but unless I can be pretty sure I will wait. I hate to give wrong info to those liitle munchkins.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 9, 2011 7:06:38 GMT -5
Do you have a university or college near you?They have geologist and paleontologist that would take a look at some of your finds...........
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elizabeth
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Post by elizabeth on Aug 9, 2011 10:23:01 GMT -5
It is hard to take a better picture maybe this is a little lighter. Attachments:
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elizabeth
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Post by elizabeth on Aug 13, 2011 20:08:15 GMT -5
On what I thought was bone. I was told by a geologist/anthropologist to put HCL on a small area of the object and if it bubbled it was bone. It fizzled and bubbled all over the place. I guess it is bone!! Yeah! This piece is 8 inches long 4 1/2 wide and 2 inches thick and weight 4 1/2 pounds. Well I was excited.
Janet
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 13, 2011 20:48:31 GMT -5
Janet, if that's completely fossilized bone, it won't always fizz in acid. It just depends on which mineral replaced the bone cells.
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elizabeth
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Post by elizabeth on Aug 13, 2011 21:46:20 GMT -5
It is pretty rough. So what do you think Don?
Janet
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elizabeth
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Post by elizabeth on Aug 13, 2011 21:47:58 GMT -5
Maybe it isn't completly fossilized. I have another small piece and it is a lot smoother.
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