Fossilized Tooth, Based

Pointed tan wedge pokes out of a round pale slab on a tall black stand.

This is a fossilized tooth on a base. A small base is a common way to display a fossil upright, so that its shape, surface and wear can be studied from every side. On inspection, a rounded, chalky cream slab with a glossy, pointed triangular form embedded in its face. Thin black prongs hold it to a slim rod, which rises from a flat, square black base. It is 3.25 inches wide, 2.5 deep and 7.5 high.

A small point, held up with great ceremony.