Analyse its composition

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From: The Osteology Lab


Minute traces of the original bone material remain in the fossilized rock, waiting to be extracted by a deft hand.

Unlocked with  is: Dinosaur, Saurischian, Ornithischian, Sauropod, Theropod, Stegosaurian, Ornithopod, ,  is: A Femur, Possibly Jurassic or The Forelimb of an Unidentified Beast


Challenge information

Narrow, 1 (50% base)

  • 0 - tough (40%)
  • 1 - very chancy (50%)
  • 2 - chancy (60%)
  • 3 - modest (70%)
  • 4 - very modest (80%)
  • 5 - low-risk (90%)
  • 6 and above - straightforward (100%)

Success

Aha!

Solutions in test tubes turn pleasing colours; interesting dusts precipitate out of beakers. Your mind races with possibilities: Could this animal have had hair, or feathers? Was its skin pigmented?


Failure

Curses

All you manage to do is corrode a hole into the fossilized bone. At least it reveals some of the internal structure – honeycombed with gaps, like those of a bird.