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  1. St. Anthony

    Is this degraded petrified palm wood

    Hello all, I am working in western Washington and have been hitting the beaches. I think I have found some petrified palm or limb cast of degraded palm. Any input is appreciated. I will be shipping some things back home and would like to have other eyes on it. Thank you all in advance. The last photo is trying to show the wood texture.
  2. Michael Marinelli

    Florida petrified wood?

    Found what appears to be petrified wood in the tampa bay area on a beach. I’ve never found petrified wood in FL before so I’m just posting to make sure this is what it is. It looks exactly like wood, before I picked it up I thought it was just driftwood. But when I picked it up i immediately knew it was stone, it is heavy and clanks on other stones. Is it petrified palm wood maybe?
  3. Dave2244

    Palm?

    Seeking help on yesterday's find. My wife found this one while surface hunting on a hilltop near where we found our first fossils (Horsetail Reeds). The closest I find is calamite, but that looks to be from the carboniferous period which would be too early for the Green River area? Thanks, Dave
  4. I have a question on "restoration". I have a limestone slab from the Green River fm with a palm leaf imprint. I say imprint, because the leaves have no coloration remaining. I have been trying to decide on the best way to add color back so that you can actually see the leaves without needing some oblique lighting. Because of the porosity of the stone, I worry that trying to paint them will leach the paint outward and make very blurry looking leaves. I was thinking that using a very thin consolidate should seal the stone without obscuring the detail and allowing it to be painted over the top without leaching. Has anyone used a technique like this in the past? Any tips? Just as a note, this isnt a fossil for sale, so I'm not trying to deceive anyone as to quality, this is going on display in my home when complete.
  5. Harry Pristis

    Florida palm "wood"

    From the album: PLANT, WOOD & MINERAL SPECIMENS

    The common practice for petrified wood is to use "form genera" names for specimens, thus all petrified palm fiber is described as Palmoxylon sp and the roots as Rhizopalmoxylon sp. The reason for this convention is that the wood rarely gets as much attention as the foliage when plants are described and these components are rarely, if ever, found attached. In the Early Pleistocene, about two million years ago, this bit of trunk was driftwood in the paleo Santa Fe River. The waterlogged wood sank to the bottom in a basin in the river channel. They became buried in a highly organic mud during seasonal flooding. This anaerobic, low-energy burial preserved fine details such as bark and even insect borings. The wood is thoroughly mineralized with apatite (not "silicified" as labelled) -- it 'clanks' when two pieces are tapped together. This wood is dated biochronologically by the vertebrate fossils also found in the mud, notably Holmesina floridana, a giant armadillo. Fossils of the beavers Castor and Castoroides, muskrats, grebes, cormorants, ducks, and large fish suggest that this was a backwater pool in the river.

    © &copyHarry Pristis 2008

  6. Rckhound

    Central Missouri Palm Wood?

    I was recently given the opportunity to hunt at a place in Central Missouri where the owner said they have been finding Petrified Wood for generations. Once I came across it and begin to study it further, I became curious. I have been told by several geologists and a few seasoned rock hounds, that it is petrified Palm, but I have also been told it was absolutely not and was coral. Would love some advice and explanation if possible. I love to learn and want to be better educated on this material. I have attached some rough and some from the same location that has been tumbled. Thank you all in advance!
  7. My sister asked that I try and identify the stone of her necklace. I can venture only a guess. It seems similar to petrified wood - palm. I'm not sure about the blue-green color though. Does anyone have an idea as to its identity, either as fossil material or a type of mineral? Thanks for any assessment.
  8. Day 5 in South Dakota was a total bust for my son and me. The section of the quarry we worked has large ironstone and clay boulders, but also has large bones. We sat next to a jacketed femur and worked back the wall face. We didnt find more than a few small bits at the end of the day, but I said that something big was there. Big rocks = big bones. Sure enough, Walter sat down in our spot 3 days later and immediately uncovered a ceratopsian dentary! By this point were were already on to our next destination in Kemmerer, Wyoming. 3 days of splitting shale for fish, hoping for that elusive stingray! Like last year, day one was kind of slow. We were also much more picky in what we packed in the truck. No more partial fish this time, I wasnt going to fill my back set area with slabs unless they were quality. Day 2 produced a lot more volume of finds, and the biggest and best find was a huge palm leaf! The only problem is that it has no coloration to it. I'm still happy with it! My plan was to glue this to a piece of plywood to help stabilize it for the 1100 mile drive home. It had a block of matrix left on the back, so on the morning of day 3 I carefully split that chunk off. Now I had to change my plan! It revealed a large fish on the back of the slab! Most likely a Phareodus, and looks in beautiful condition. Of course, the fault crack runs straight down the spine, but I used paraloid to help glue the fault line and give it some more stability. Since I couldnt glue it down, I cut 2 pieces of plywood, wrapped the slab in a piece of packing blanket, and then used ratchet straps to hold everything tight for the ride home. After 3 days we did have quite a lot of material to haul home, but I had enough boxes for it all, and so far everything seems to have arrived some safe. I havent opened up the palm/pharo yet. fingers crossed. We still didnt find our stingray this year. I guess we'll just have to keep trying. Edit to add, I almost forgot to mention that I got the chance to meet up with @Ptychodus04 in Kemmerer. We were both in the area for fish at the same week, but in different quarries. We had a chance to meet up for dinner with crew (I'm sorry, I'm terrible with names). It was great to meet you Kris, I hope you had a fabulous hunt! On the trip home, I made a detour to visit the Dinosaur National Monument. It wasnt originally planned, but when I noticed how close we were to Vernal, UT, I coudnt pass it up. Covid prevented me from visiting on my last trip to Utah, but no this time. If youve never been, I highly recommend a visit! Its a truly incredible sight to see so many articulated bones in one place, still in the matrix as discovered. Even more impressive is that a lot of specimens actually have already been removed, and the site was originally so much bigger.
  9. Crazyhen

    Plant fossil, coconut or palm?

    This is said to be a coconut tree fossil. It’s from Liaoning, China. I don’t think Liaoning has coconut tree, rather does it look like a palm tree?
  10. Robski

    Cretaceous Palm Frond?

    Found this in a river canyon in Northeastern B.C. that cuts through Cretaceaous sediments. It is out of a large broken ironstone nodule (120lbs) polished by the river gravels. Actually, the river gravels are dominated by ironstone weathering out of the soft sediments. Appears to be folded in on itself but the other side is hidden by the ironstone matrix. It looks to be a Palm frond of some type but I am not sure. What puzzles me is that it looks like a single crenulated leaf. There are a fair number of fossil plant bits around at this location and I did find another piece of one of these upriver. Any help would be appreciated. Best Regards Rob
  11. Gotti1978

    Identification please

    Please help identify what I have here?
  12. ThisOldFossil

    Fish Heads in North Georgia?

    Hello all! This is my first post in the forum besides the introduction. I’m open to any and all interpretations on this piece. Did I just find a fish head in my backyard? There are tons of fossils (marine and palm) pouring out of the hills on my property. I’m so close to Chattanooga (10 minutes away), I imagine we would share similar geology but I’m unsure and try not to make assumptions. Yay for the scientific method! Found on the surface at the base of a shallow ravine among lots of fossil palm wood, shale outcroppings, and some volcanic(?) glass. Northern Walker co, Georgia, USA. Pictures are as follows... 1) “Right” side 2) “Left” side 3) “Top” 4) “Bottom” with “mouth” facing left 5) “Back” side with “top” at the top of photo 6) “Underside” with “mouth” at bottom left of photo 7) The location behind my driveway that keeps vomiting out fishy bits and petrified wood!
  13. ThisOldFossil

    Heavy Mystery...

    What’s heavy, smooth and rounded on one side and with wavy channels on the other? I have no idea either, but I dug it out of the hill behind my house. Found among fossil palm wood, fishy bits, and shale. Partially exposed in dirt on the side of a hill. I found another smaller, broken piece with the same cross section profile and the two dissimilar surfaces on either side. North Georgia, Walker county, USA. 10 minutes south of Chattanooga. Nice view of Lookout Mountain too for all you Civil War buffs.
  14. DPS Ammonite

    Arizona Miocene Meanders

    Miocene lakebed deposits north of Phoenix have revealed more than palm and unknown reed like plants. I found stromatolites preserved in black, gray and white chalcedony. Although not as common as in the Precambrian, stromatolites still occur in oceans and in lakes. See article about the ones in Utah’s Great Salt Lake: https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/glad-you-asked/is-there-coral-in-the-great-salt-lake/ My favorite one is this 10 cm high detail of a much larger stromatolite. #1 This 38 cm one came home with me. #2 Here is a detail of #2. 9 x 13 cm. #3 Here is a 6 cm high relatively flat stromatolite. #4 Detail of side of #4. Scattered pieces of palm occur. 9.5 cm high. #6 This silicified palm has calcite crystals growing in it. 13.5 cm long. #7 Detail of #7. It looks like an art piece.
  15. For your review, here is a specimen of Palmoxylon, sp. (a fossilized extinct palm tree) found in March 2020 in the San Juan Basin of San Juan County, NM. The area is within the Kirtland Formation, Upper Cretaceous Period. This specimen has been cut to show several views of a transition zone in the root ball where adventitious roots or Rhizopalmoxylon, sp. emerge. The first photograph has been diagrammed to show several features in the transition zone. I have also submitted photos of this specimen in the March 2020 "Find of the Month" contest, and a more complete description of the specimen has been made in that entry.
  16. Jerry W.

    Question on compression

    Here is a slice of petrified palmwood I found last weekend. I noted upon a close examination that the vascular bundles (the dots seen all over the surface) appear to have been distorted from a round shape to more of a half-moon shape, with the distorted side facing roughly 4 o'clock in most instances. I asked a friend of mine about this since his speciality is petrified wood, and was told such a thing was relatively common due to compression of the wood prior to fossilization. Does that sound right? Any paleo-botanists out there that can confirm what I've been told?
  17. This past weekend I was able to enjoy a rare February day of sunshine and temperatures above 50-degrees F (10-degrees C) in a vast expanse of public land owned by the U.S. government and in care of the Bureau of Land Management located in northwestern New Mexico. The area where I ventured is Upper Cretaceous though I am not sure of any period beyond that general age. Of the fossil related items I ran across, the first two photos show some petrified wood from a ground level stump. I noted some unfamiliar calcite patterns that were vaguely diamond shaped. The second photo shows an outline of these patterns and my rock hammer is there as an 11-inch (28-centimeter) scale. A friend of mine who knows considerably more than I do about fossilized plant life informed me this was once a cypress tree. The next two photographs shows a large surprise sticking out from under a mound of soil. Since this was BLM land, the bone remains in situ since collection is verboten. I have no further information on the bone. As a late addition while I can still edit this post, I can't believe I forgot about the petrified palm wood I found. I got it cut up and have attached a photo of it here. One thing that was pretty cool about the palm wood, and hopefully it is visible if you enlarge the photo, is that the vascular bundles (the dots you see all over the wood) due to compression of the wood prior to fossilization aren't really round but have been distorted and shaped like half-moons. This is commonly seen in other specimens collected in my area of the country and I'm sure elsewhere.
  18. jimm

    possible petrified palm nut

    I found this at the Siskiyou Pass near the border of Oregon and California. It was in 2 pieces when I found it - that fit together. In this same area I found lots of petrified wood including petrified palm wood and other petrified wood both large and small. Could this be a petrified palm nut? The length of the 2 pieces together is over 15 centimeters and the diameter where it broke is over 6 centimeters.
  19. Okay, I finally unpacked some boxes a couple of weeks with the intent of finally getting this officially named. I believe it is Palmoxylon Mohavensis and I believe from the Miocene. Found in the Mojave Desert in California, north and east of Red Rock Canyon and north and west of Last Chance Canyon about 40 years ago. Size of overall specimen is approximately 4" x 5" x 6" In addition to not knowing the true identity, I think this is also down by the roots? Starting with the end that has been cut and somewhat polished. Graining is confused leading me to think root end of tree?? Opposite end
  20. Bronto

    Outer rind on Palmoxylon

    From the album: The James Universe

    Polygonal cracking is rare but not unheard of from peat bogs of Great Britain, fossil woods from south & west Texas, Tom Miner basin, etc.. The colloquial name is "Shrinkwood".

    © ©James Lopez

  21. Bronto

    Palmoxylon

    From the album: The James Universe

    Rip cut of a fossil palmwood. Made a spectacular carving out of the gone side. This side is better.

    © ©James Lopez

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