Who am I?...

[madtechie2718]

...What am I for and where am I from.

We were asked to scan these objects and today I did some 3D visualisations, having cut them in half (in software, of course, not physically)

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... and the same questions again...

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Comments

[rono_60103]

Structures of the inner ear?

[madtechie2718]

Good try, but sadly not even close...

[tceisele]

Well, it looks to me like the shell from a large marine snail that I used to have when I was a kid. Not a conch shell, but something similar.

[madtechie2718]

Not bad on the shape, but not at all close as to the reality. I'll give answers after a few other people have had a chance at it...

[tlunquist]

They definitely look like seashells to me, but I've a hunch they aren't. I look forward to finding out what they are, because one of my favorite things about nature is how it re-uses the same shapes and structures over and over again.

(Needless to say, I'll be crushed if whatever they are is purely manmade.)

[whthorse]

Before I see what other people put...I'm going to say duck's head and snail.

[bwittig]

The initial image of the first certainly looks snail-like, but the narrower bottom has kind of a bent fluke when is not snailish. And both have a socket at the larger end. Plus I don't think the cavities inside on the second one connect in a spiral like a shell would. And the cross section on the first one leads me to believe that they are not actually empty--a bit of fuzz seems to be filling some of the cavity.

However, since I don't think your scanner has the resolution to do diatomaceous earth, and since the second image has a perforation on it I am going to say a necklace bead.

(Because, after all that analysis, I still have no idea.)

[bwittig]

If they were clouds I would say I see a pony and a ducky.