I licked a rock, and I liked it

[ericabelle]

Hi!  I've got some fossily looking things that I bought from two different estates.  I thought maybe someone could ID them - I think a couple may just be weird rocks. =)

I licked some of this lot of fragments, and my tongue stuck!  Is there any way to tel what kind of bones they are?
Rocks #1



Rocks #2 There are some tooth-like pieces in this group. (No sticky when I licky)



Rocks #3 This pod shaped thing grabbed my tongue when I licked it!  What in the world?




Rock #4 This piece is perfectly spherical and very bumpy.  Did not grab my tongue when I licked it




Rock #5 - Stromatolite? There is only one "swirl" on this rock, but it's a weird swirl.

Other side has a small area about 1:00 with some paralell lines




Rock #6 - Fossilized octopus suckers?  LOL This one is probably just a rock, but it's SO WEIRD! Seems to be chert/jasper

[ericabelle]

Oh! I almost forgot about this rock - is this palm wood? Thanks for your help!

Rock #7

[jasoninsd]

I am NO help on the IDs...but I did have to say "thanks a lot" for your title putting this song in my head...likely for the rest of the day! LOL

[ericabelle]

LOL, jasoninsd ! You add value to every thread! 

[khara]

Cool finds. Maybe that little perfect sphere is petrified dung beatle dung?? 🤣 There’s another post here, I think over in the coprolite thread with a video of dung beatles rolling their dung. I like the petrified “palm wood” and “octopus suckers”. Hopefully you get some good ID’s. I gotta start looking for estate sales…🤔

[ericabelle]

Dec 8, 2022 14:33:58 GMT -5 khara said:

Cool finds. Maybe that little perfect sphere is petrified dung beatle dung?? 🤣 There’s another post here, I think over in the coprolite thread with a video of dung beatles rolling their dung. I like the petrified “palm wood” and “octopus suckers”. Hopefully you get some good ID’s. I gotta start looking for estate sales…🤔

That's a great idea - it would be really neat if it were dung beetle dung!  I'l check that thread out...

[rockbrain]

The last one in the first series of pics looks like a pile of petrified human ears.

[pebblesky]

Dec 8, 2022 15:16:20 GMT -5 rockbrain said:

The last one in the first series of pics looks like a pile of petrified human ears.

[ericabelle]

Dec 8, 2022 15:16:20 GMT -5 rockbrain said:

The last one in the first series of pics looks like a pile of petrified human ears.

That literally made me laugh out loud! But then……. Why did you think of that?😬 You got a pile of human ears we don’t know about?

[electrocutus]

ericabelle I never knew you could lick a "rock" to determine if it is indeed a rock :-)

[rockjunquie]

I don't know about the rest but, 3 looks like some sandstone, 6 looks like fossilstone of some kind and 7 looks like bone, but it could be palm- looks like gem bone, though.

[ericabelle]

Dec 8, 2022 16:05:39 GMT -5 electrocutus said:

ericabelle I never knew you could lick a "rock" to determine if it is indeed a rock :-)

YES you can! And allllll these were rocks, not chocolate; but I just had to check, you know. 😋

[ericabelle]

Dec 8, 2022 16:12:41 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

I don't know about the rest but, 3 looks like some sandstone, 6 looks like fossilstone of some kind and 7 looks like bone, but it could be palm- looks like gem bone, though.

Very cool about #7 - whatever it is, I like it! If it is high grade stuff, I’ll have to do something special with it.

[rockjunquie]

Dec 8, 2022 16:20:15 GMT -5 ericabelle said:

Dec 8, 2022 16:12:41 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

I don't know about the rest but, 3 looks like some sandstone, 6 looks like fossilstone of some kind and 7 looks like bone, but it could be palm- looks like gem bone, though.

Very cool about #7 - whatever it is, I like it! If it is high grade stuff, I’ll have to do something special with it.

I could be wrong. I'm sure others will chime in. If it is gem bone, it sure looks nice.

[electrocutus]

Dec 8, 2022 16:18:14 GMT -5 ericabelle said:

Dec 8, 2022 16:05:39 GMT -5 electrocutus said:

ericabelle I never knew you could lick a "rock" to determine if it is indeed a rock :-)

YES you can! And allllll these were rocks, not chocolate; but I just had to check, you know. 😋

ericabelle cool! So what do different materials feel like? I can tell candy and chocolate apart, but that's about it :-) Is bone "sticky" and rock "slick"?

[ericabelle]

Dec 8, 2022 17:24:03 GMT -5 electrocutus said:

Dec 8, 2022 16:18:14 GMT -5 ericabelle said:

YES you can! And allllll these were rocks, not chocolate; but I just had to check, you know. 😋

ericabelle cool! So what do different materials feel like? I can tell candy and chocolate apart, but that's about it :-) Is bone "sticky" and rock "slick"?

I'm no expert, but I had read that if you lick bone, it will "grab" your tongue because of the bone's porous structure.  This is actually the first time I've been able to test that out.  It really does make your tongue stick to it - a very noticeable difference!  
Now, the rock #7 that rockjunquie said looks like bone did not make my tongue stick to it; so I don't know if it is not always true with bone fossils, or if that means it is definitely not a bone fossil.
And, yes, I know you all think I go around licking rocks all the time now.....but I'll just let you all think that

[hypodactylus]

Dec 8, 2022 12:34:36 GMT -5 ericabelle said:

(No sticky when I licky)

Haha, this was funny!

Sorry I can't help with any definitive identification, but those rocks are seriously cool!

[ericabelle]

Thanks, hypodactylus - hopefully I can find out what they are! (And hopefully I don't have to lick them any more.) Feeling strangely full...

[RickB]

Number 6 looks like a small piece of a clam/mollusk death plate - if slabbed people call it devil's toe nails
Number 7 is fossil coral

[rockbrain]

I have no real knowledge on teeth except seeing spinosaurus teeth for sale. They look a lot like what you have. For dinosaur teeth they are somewhat common because they would regularly shed and grow back like sharks.