Thank you! It is not a bone. It is a partial LUNG FISH FOSSIL tooth plate.
To respond your question, PinkDiamond, the splitting did bring more color. It opened the bars,
but this should have never been split. Fossil should be kept as they were found.
I am going to tell the seller what it was.
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- Sat Jan 28, 2023 4:31 am
- Forum: Expert Q&A
- Topic: Fragments of opalized dinosaur bone
- Replies: 4
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- Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:30 am
- Forum: Expert Q&A
- Topic: Fragments of opalized dinosaur bone
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2345
Fragments of opalized dinosaur bone
The seller did not recognize what he was selling and split it into 4 pieces.
Too bad! Of course, if he knew what he had, I probably would not have even seen it all.
He sold it for $77. His pictures were not great and so I was not sure what it was before I got it.
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:44 am
- Forum: Expert Q&A
- Topic: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1755
Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
PinkDiamond wrote:Wow, Mila, that's gorgeous, and so colorful! I never would have suspected all those colors were in there.
Thank you!
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:43 am
- Forum: Expert Q&A
- Topic: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1755
Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
Thats real interesting. You should make a post out of it. I switched majors before i got into mineralogy deep. I've got a slice or so for wire wrapping that were etched metal & a vial of crumbly dust from the Meteorite guys south American trips. Thank you! I sometimes send my pictures to this s...
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:42 am
- Forum: Expert Q&A
- Topic: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1755
Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
Thats real interesting. You should make a post out of it. I switched majors before i got into mineralogy deep. I've got a slice or so for wire wrapping that were etched metal & a vial of crumbly dust from the Meteorite guys south American trips. Thank you! I sometimes send my pictures to this s...
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:20 pm
- Forum: Expert Q&A
- Topic: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1755
Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
Cute wave. I can't count the stones I've set aside when a good picture appeared. Wouldn't be top dollar in a oval for a ring, so they are worth so much more as specimens. Precious opals have a wide collectors following I dare say that is bigger than any other gem species except maybe agate. Variety...
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:21 pm
- Forum: Expert Q&A
- Topic: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1755
Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
PinkDiamond wrote:So is that one to be kept as a specimen because of the flow lines Mila? I can't imagine anything else it could be used for since cutting it would ruin the effect and lose what color it has.
I keep all my opals as specimens. I like them the way they are.
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:54 pm
- Forum: Expert Q&A
- Topic: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1755
- Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:24 am
- Forum: Expert Q&A
- Topic: Jaw bone with teeth- Coober Pedy Rough Opal?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 941
Jaw bone with teeth- Coober Pedy Rough Opal?
https://www.opalauctions.com/auctions/jaw-bone-with-teeth-coober-pedy-rough-opal-1286591
This opal was sold for $1500 as a “Jaw bone with teeth- Coober Pedy Rough Opal”.
What do you think? Is this a jaw?
This opal was sold for $1500 as a “Jaw bone with teeth- Coober Pedy Rough Opal”.
What do you think? Is this a jaw?
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:47 pm
- Forum: Expert Q&A
- Topic: Conk wood from Nevada
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1271
Re: Conk wood from Nevada
PinkDiamond wrote:That one's definitely got some POCs with gorgeous colors in the cells, Mila. Another great score for you.
Thank You!