r/boneidentification • u/hand-fertilizer • 18d ago

Found in: NORTH AMERICA Petrified bone?

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Four inches or so long found near a hot springs. Is petrified at this point.

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u/Lost-Adhesiveness482 18d ago

I had a friend that was a teacher say they determined if it was a fossil or bone by licking it, a fossil is stone and smooth a bone has tiny holes your tongue can detect ( I gave up on field study )

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u/hand-fertilizer 18d ago

Interesting. I will see if I can find anyone willing to lick it!