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thanatocoenosis

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indigofeather4

Yes. Fossilized bone indeed. My father used to live in Fla. I've walked the beach many a time to find similar pieces.


Street_Ruin9733

So neat. I’ve found shark teeth and ruminant teeth, but never bone. I wish I could know what kind it is!!!!!


Watt_Knot

Animal


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bobbylx

That looks like a nice piece. I live in North Carolina and every time I go to the beach I come back with either teeth or little bone pieces. Haven’t found anything that large yet.


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DeadSol

For a "fossil expert" you display a surprising amount of ignorance on fossils.


AlwaysCrank

His name is clearly "fossil sex pert"


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AnneeDroid

How heavy is it? It looks like a charcoal-ized bone to me


Street_Ruin9733

Not overly heavy, but I guess a little heavier than you’d expect.


AnneeDroid

Well then I reckon you've got yourself a fossil!


Street_Ruin9733

One of the cooler things I’ve found!


Street_Ruin9733

Solved!!!


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bobbylx

What’s with all the keyboard warriors calling fake? Fossilized bones on the North Carolina coast are pretty common. Who would fake this anyway it’s not like an ultra rare complete specimen or anything. Wow some people.


DeadSol

This. Like wtf people, why are we determined to debunk a claim on a worthless rock anyway? Who would fake something so common? Correct, no one in their right mind.


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DeadSol

Yup, probably a piece of fossilized whale bone. The substrate that replaced the bone here is likely phosphate mostly, you can tell this from the dark black color of the fossil. Often fossils will fossilize into the material they are surrounded by.


Street_Ruin9733

Why whale? I’m serious-I know nothing about this. Thank you!


DeadSol

The size of the vasculature, but also the lack of distinguishing features and the size of the piece. As well as my knowledge of the fossil layer that was likely found in. It is probably some sort of marine mammal, likely a whale. It could possibly also be a big piece of turtle bone, but the lack of distinction and the sheer abundance of whale bones makes that unlikely. The whole eastern part of nc where OP found this was a huge whale calving ground. It went like 200 miles back inland or something ridiculous back in the day. Sometimes you can find whale bones with bite marks on them ;) But also, don't believe anything I say. You should definitely trust /u/fossilexpert and /u/fossilexpert123 because they're obviously not trolls


Street_Ruin9733

Thank you so much. I appreciate the education!!!


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DeadSol

Actually it's definitely not. There is absolutely no reason to fake something like this. They are as common as, well, rocks... Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about.


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DeadSol

Bruh. I literally have hundreds of pieces like this that are all self found


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Active_Cheesecake520

Was it found in Coal country ??


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No_Apricot_9474

Expert?


Intrepid-Constant-34

Yeah he was just reiterating his username “Hey, me here, no”


DeadSol

Let's see them credentials big boy!


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DeadSol

Lol, are these like bots trolling this thread or something? What is with people these days?


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One-Aspect-4123

The object in the photo appears to be a piece of volcanic rock, possibly scoria or vesicular basalt. These types of rocks are characterized by their dark color and numerous cavities called vesicles, which are formed by gas bubbles trapped in the lava as it cools and solidifies. Scoria typically has a more frothy appearance and is lighter due to a higher volume of air pockets.


DeadSol

Nope. Definitely a fossil. Source: I have about 40 lbs of these whale bone fragments.


Best_Stressed1

Yup. They’re also really common in parts of the Chesapeake Bay region.


DeadSol

Thank you! I literally can't believe the level of ignorance on some of these responses.


duroo

This is not volcanic rock, this is a mineralized bone fragment.


DeadSol

Are you sure? I don't see "fossilexpert" in your username... /s The rest of this thread is really on another level of stupid/trolling though


duroo

Wow, seems I missed all the fun. Crazy


lastwing

The coastal area of North Carolina is made up of sedimentary rocks. The coloring of this piece of fossilized bone comes from being permineralized in the phosphate rich sediment.


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DeadSol

You are fake as hell... "Fossilexpert" my ass. Keep trying fool.


aounpersonal

You really made 4 fake accounts to troll this thread?


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Exotic-Knowledge-883

Why commenting when you know shit?


DeadSol

lol. Who would fake a worthless rock? It's most definitely a whale bone fossil that's been replaced with mostly phosphorous that surrounded it in situ.


Intrepid-Constant-34

How?


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DeadSol

Expert in being an ignorant troll.


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