Taxacom: Strange stone - fossil?

[Douglas Yanega]

On 1/31/23 6:15 AM, Dochterland via Taxacom wrote:
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It is certainly not fossilized bone of any sort. The shape is so 
asymmetrical, in fact, that I strongly doubt it could have had an 
organic origin. But, ruling something out does not always reveal what 
something IS. ;-)

Peace,

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Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
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