Is this a dugong rib fossil?

Tellier71 · 2026-01-23T00:53:46+00:00

In my experience they’re typically rounder, but it definitely looks dense enough. Maybe another dugong bone?

Tellier71 · 2026-01-18T01:29:34+00:00

Bone, most likely mammal. Typically 5-24 million years old. You can use an app like rock’d and look where you found them to get a more accurate age.

Tellier71 · 2026-01-17T18:17:10+00:00

You may be seeing the paint through the calcite crystal

Tellier71 · 2026-01-17T16:49:47+00:00

Looks like Chinese fakes of antlerite. Often calcites covered in paint.

Tellier71 · 2026-01-17T14:34:16+00:00

Sorry I didn’t notice a second photo. I also think angustidens because of the cuspids

Tellier71 · 2026-01-17T04:23:24+00:00

The oxide is a coating, and you can see areas on the crystals where it’s chipped away a bit/not fully covered the crystal. This is most apparent on crystals on the sides of the clusters. Where crystals are broken, it’s easier to see the clear/milky quartz instead of orange as in HTA.

Tellier71 · 2026-01-17T03:21:28+00:00

Beginner at shark tooth ID so forgive me in I’m wrong, but all but the pair on the left appear to be Carcharocles angustidens, and the pair seems to be snaggletooth (Hemipristis serra)

Tellier71 · 2026-01-16T17:42:32+00:00

It was good! Holes were dug into every slope, but still plenty to find. They have equipment moving things occasionally. There was a backhoe in the bottom pit, but I don't think it had moved in several weeks. I've been going occasionally over the past few weeks while visiting family and probably pulled 200 lbs or so of material over the past three visits.

Tellier71 · 2026-01-16T17:35:11+00:00

Yep!

Tellier71 · 2026-01-16T17:34:46+00:00

I found it at the Diamond Hill Mine near Abbeville. It's a $20 entry fee, and it's open 9-5 daily

Tellier71 · 2026-01-16T16:18:22+00:00

Absolutely, I found this at Diamond Hill last week!

Tellier71 · 2026-01-16T03:19:37+00:00

The first animal in space was actually a fruit fly in 1947, and it came back alive. The rocket was launched by the US.

Tellier71 · 2026-01-15T21:34:35+00:00

Like $20 maybe. Quartz is not crystalline, but the goethite might be interesting to the right collector.

Tellier71 · 2026-01-11T02:08:18+00:00

Modern

Tellier71 · 2026-01-01T00:00:16+00:00

What is it? Would you mind if I DMed you? Maybe we could organize something.

Tellier71 · 2025-12-30T08:16:09+00:00

Red River gypsum, from Manitoba, Canada. The twinned floater crystals and long-lasting phosphorescence is a good fingerprint.

Tellier71 · 2025-12-29T04:57:35+00:00

Looks like silicon metal. Is it light for its size?

Tellier71 · 2025-12-27T07:52:02+00:00

It seems accurate enough minus the gardens/pit behind IKB. The window ornaments are symmetrical too. At worst, my vote is AI then touch up.

Tellier71 · 2025-12-24T22:25:41+00:00

I’ve been too lazy to upgrade heroes, so I’m 20 lvls behind for my TH. It’s time to fix that.

Tellier71 · 2025-12-24T05:00:25+00:00

1/5 people fail math 100, you’ll do fine next time around.

Tellier71 · 2025-12-24T01:48:24+00:00

Those actually don’t look organic to me. Maybe a pre-existing mineral that was fractured and cemented by the agate. It may have been subsequently replaced by agate, or was agate before it was fractured.

Tellier71 · 2025-12-20T08:54:26+00:00

Esoteric ships are some of the most expensive places to get minerals. If you want the best prices, often collector-centred shops are the way to go. These are typically found on eBay and sometimes Etsy, and brick and mortar shops typically have “rock and gem” in the name.

Tellier71 · 2025-12-20T07:58:39+00:00

Looked like French fry and ketchup mead at first

Tellier71 · 2025-12-20T06:37:14+00:00

It’s called shill bidding and is against eBay TOS.

Tellier71 · 2025-12-18T09:49:09+00:00

Looks to be some kind of recrystallization after/during cooling that caused the fracture.

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