<div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you to everyone who responded about to the mystery artifacts. I am glad to know for sure that they are not dinosaur teeth! <br><br></div>Jennifer<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 1:22 AM, Simon Moore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:couteaufin@btinternet.com" target="_blank">couteaufin@btinternet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Sea urchin spines Jennifert, Cidaris is the usual ‘culprit’.<div><br><div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word">With all good wishes, Simon.</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word">Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR<br>Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,<br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.natural-2Dhistory-2Dconservation.com&d=CwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=7TUGMNlxAlc7806uaKVH4CDUABdJXnQj_buqkDRYgkA&s=UXse_FluRtp_ndNE6riO2JgOM03zwueMI4O3XSp-RnI&e=" target="_blank">www.natural-history-<wbr>conservation.com</a> </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><br><br><br></div></div></div>
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<br><div><div>On 18 Oct 2016, at 22:19, Jennifer Pietarila <<a href="mailto:jen320@gwmail.gwu.edu" target="_blank">jen320@gwmail.gwu.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_4477901427350225616Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hello!<br><br></div>I have two pendants in the collection where I work and we are trying to figure out what material they are made of. These pendants were found in Eastern Washington as part of an archaeological survey. The records indicate that they were identified as dinosaur teeth, specifically Diplodocus. <br><br>As I'm not an expert in the identification of dinosaur specific materials, I was wondering if someone could shed some light on these mystery pendants. <br><br>Each piece has smooth micro grooves running longitudinally along the surface, three pinched ridges at the crown, and a circular groove at the root. I am not sure if the groove is natural or man-made. They are over 2 inches in length (6.5 cm). I have attached a few pictures as examples. <br><br></div>Thanks!<br><br></div>Jennifer <br></div>
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