New Members Seras Posted October 4, 2014 New Members Share Posted October 4, 2014 Greetings,I really didn't know where to ask a question considering fossils (no such places around where I live), so I just googled "paleontology forum" and the first site on the list was yours. So here's the story. My brother found a strange looking rock on a railroad embankment in Rotterdam (Netherlands) port area. I think this rock may be a fossil of a tooth/fang/tusk of some ancient animal. Here are the images (the rule is in centimeters):http://i.imgur.com/Nbm5Ja9.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/kKdgBQD.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/btxAmZ4.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/BrBfzOO.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/F0KUj8H.jpgIf it is indeed a real fossil - any ideas how old it might be? What animal it might've belonged to?Just in case - appologies for yet another "Is that a rock or a fossil" topic you guys are probably reaceiving on a weekly basis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Sorry to disappoint you, but that looks to me like a weathered rock that by chance has the form of a tooth or whatever. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Sorry, but I agree, rock, not a fossil. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 It is art from Mother Nature; a very suggestively formed rock. I would keep it for what it is. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Seras Posted October 4, 2014 Author New Members Share Posted October 4, 2014 "a very suggestively formed rock" - tell me about it Every friend I showed this rock and asked opinions - instantly made a dirty joke. I just thought that those edgings indicated tooth root (or gum) levels or something. Guess now I have to find a geological forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 The raised rings are the remnants of quartz veins that ran through the rock; water-tumbling eroded the slightly softer base rock more quickly as the specimen wore down to the shape we see. 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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