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Locality: Morocco
What is cooler than a shark's tooth...? Well maybe a T-rex tooth or claw, or a raptor claw, or a gold nugget... but I digress.
This shark tooth is available because they are so plentiful, and plentiful means cheap. But nevertheless, they are still cool.
Evidently, the marine sediments that are now in Morocco were a great place for sharks, 55 to 65 million years ago.
There is also a lesson in the process of fossilization in each shark tooth. That lesson is that hard parts are preserved more readily than soft parts. Sharks don't have bones. Instead they have a hard cartilage that simply breaks down after the animal dies. Shark bodies are rarely fossilized, but its teeth are very hard and durable, and sharks typically produce thousands of teeth during its lifetime. As a result there are BILLIONS of shark's teeth that have been fossilized.
The vast majority of the shark teeth available for the Daisy Mountain Rock and Mineral Club are of the shark Otodus obliquus and they are from phosphate mines of Morocco. Here is a link to an interesting article about these fascinating fossils:
www.fossilguy.com/topics/morocco-phosphate/index.htm#:~:t....
1. Jessica looses first tooth, 2. Jessica looses first tooth, 3. Jessica looses first tooth
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I am GRATEFUL that the Tooth Fairy comes to our house - as does the Great Pumpkin, Santa Clause and sometimes even the Easter Bunny.
Little K lost a canine tooth yesterday and we had to scramble to find the book and pouch. Holding on the the innocence of youth as long as we can.
Top right of the xray is the tooth I've just had taken out. It was fused to the bone & they had to create a 'plug' to fill the hole, as when they removed the tooth it took out the bone it was attached to.
Tell you what, if I caught this guy looking under my pillow as a kid I would've been scarred for life!
I made these little paintings to pay for my fillings. Each little painting was priced at the amount it would cost to have that tooth fixed. I eat to many sweets.
My nephew Alexis (7) finally lost his front tooth. His big brother Renaud (9), instead of calling the tooth fairy, decided that a tooth monkey would be more de rigueur.
The centerpiece of the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, the Dalada Maluwa (the hall of the Tooth Relic), was a sacred precinct containing 12 magnificent buildings. Although there are numerous vatadage across Sri Lanka, the Vatadage at Polonnaruwa is the most famous. As with many other vatadage, it had a stupa in the centre with four Buddha images facing the cardinal directions.
The Vatadage, one of the oldest & most beautiful monuments in Polonnaruwa, is to our left as we enter the Dalada Maluwa. In spite of its modest proportions, the circular building with concentric terraces is a superbly planned & executed 12th century masterpiece. It was certainly intended to house the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha, which is now deposited at The Sacred Temple of Tooth in Kandy. Built by King Parakrambahu the great (1164-1196AD), it was later embellished by King Nissankamalla (1198-1206).
Outer structure, the first terrace
The entire outer structure with a diameter of 18m is a gorgeous riot of artistry, with almost every surface carved in a melee of decoration. The outer wall is decorated with friezes of lions & dwarfs, & topped by an abstract lotus design.
Upper structure, the second terrace
Four entrances to the upper terrace are adorned with magnificent stone carvings: moonstones flanked by nagaraja (Cobra king) figures with seven hooded cobra head guardstones.
While the Nagaraja figures were believed to prevent evil spirits entering the premises, the moonstones- elaborate semi-circular welcome step stones carved in polished granite- represent the spiritual journey from samsara, the endless cycle of death & rebirth, to Nirvana, the ultimate escape from suffering. These were unique decorative features of Sinhalese architecture. The moonstone at the northern entrance is the finest in Polonnaruwa.
Central dagoba (stupa)
From the upper terrace, steps lead through four entrances, aligned in the cardinal directions & each presided over by a seated Buddha. In the center are the ruins of the small central brick stupa in which the Tooth Relic was enshrined during the glorious days of ancient capital, Polonnaruwa. In sharp contrast to the building, this innermost sanctum, the reason for the very existence of Vatadage itself, is virtually unadorned.
Lost to the Dravidian invaders
The building has lost the conical roof of three concentric circles, most of the dagoba (stupa) and one of its guardstones at the base of the steps among many other features & surrounding buildings to the marauding Dravidian invaders from South India.
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Michigan Engineering researchers have developed a rigid and durable new material inspired by tooth enamel.
Unavoidable vibrations, such as those on an airplane, cause rigid structures to age and crack, but most materials that effectively absorb vibration are soft, so they don’t make good structural components such as beams, chassis or motherboards. Researchers chose to model their new material after enamel because it is strong and rigid, but also effectively absorbs vibrations.
The research for this new material is presented in the paper, “Abiotic tooth enamel,” in the journal Nature.
Nicholas Kotov is the Joseph B and Florence V Cejka Professor of Engineering in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan College of Engineering. Bongjun Yeom was a postdoctoral researcher in chemical engineering at U-M at the time of this study, and co-authored the paper.
Photo: Evan Dougherty, Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing
*Update* Read my comments at the end. It's all gone now. Was temporary. Strange. Thanks for the support! :)
Major pain in a tooth when I drink cold liquids. Started last night and it's not getting better. Going to an emergency dentist appt at 1pm. Ugh.
Booh lost her first tooth while driving back from the Farmer's Market on Saturday. She was eating a fresh, locally grown, organic peach when her tooth got stuck in it! Took us a while to locate the tooth, not thinking to look in the flesh of the peach. Her tooth was so tiny!
Toothed planes do not need to be expensive ! These two are junk - the old Marples with a broken handle and the little palm were a couple of quid at a used tool outlet.
The larger one is very useful - I use it almost like a scrub to level figured woods - and ebony boards.
I toothed the blades with a dremel.
The Krampus's lesser known brother, The Slovakian Tooth Beast. As the Krampus was the counterpart to Santa, the Tooth Beast is the counterpart to The Tooth Fairy. He collects the rotten nasty teeth that fall out of our heads
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