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What type of fossil is a dinosaur leg bone containing quartz instead of calcium?
It is a trace fossil.
Is dinosaur leg bone containing quartz instead of calcium fossils?
yes
What is fossil calcification?
fossil calcification is when the calcium in a bone intergests and causes the bone to rott away. the calcium in a bone desintergrates leaving only the fossil behind.
What is a Large Dinosaur bone?
its called a fossil
What rhymes with large dinosaur bone?
Colossal fossil
What is the name of the calcium containing minerals in the bone?
Hydroxyapatite.
Are fossil dinosaur bones actually made of bone?
Yes bones are bones
What adjective and noun rhyme and mean the same as large dinosaur bone?
colossal fossil
What are the differences between a dinosaur skeleton and an insect encased in amber?
Assuming you meant a dinosaur fossil and an insect fossilized in amber, the difference is that the soft tissues of the insect remain whereas the dinosaur fossil shows only hard tissues such as bone and tooth. Additionally, the insect fossil is the actual insect, wheras the dinosaur fossil is a stone formation that was created by rock replacing the bones of the dinosaur.
Would you expect to find dinosaur bone in a metamorphic rock like schist explain?
no, because the extreme heat that metamorphic rocks must undergo to form would have burned the dinosaur fossil, or any fossil!
When a scientist digs a dinosaur bone is it really a bone?
Most fossils have slowly been replaced by more durable mineral substances. So the fossil is not made of real bone. However, it was recently found that they do still contain remnants of the original bone, including proteins from the dinosaur itself.
What is the function of the calcium salts in a bone?
Bones are formed principally from hydroxyapatite, a compound containing calcium: Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2.
