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Found this specimen in Orange County, California, ... and would like to know whether it is petrified bone, wood, or something else. Thanks.
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Hello again everyone! Ever since I found that first large piece of (probably) petrified wood I've been looking for more every time I'm near gravel. Luckily for me, my parents have a small gravel pit on their property which seems to be producing quite a bit of this material. The pictured piece has the most distinctive figure and agate carrying the same banding throughout. Burts bees chapstick (2.75 in/6.96 cm tall) is for reference, as I cannot find my ruler or tape measure.
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What about this guy? Found this when I was digging in the garden. Maybe a foot or two down in Salem, Ma
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I found this near a waterfall in Broome county New York
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Greetings, found this subject on the southern coast of NC. It is not heavy, feels rather porous, I am wondering if it is petrified wood? Or some type of bone? Thank you for your help.
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I found this rock in a creek bed in Colorado springs. There are a few worms that are almost a dark glass color that seem to have gone through the rock. There is also evidence of the impression of the head of a worm at one point and the "side view" of a more squiggly worm on the front. Question 1. Anyone know what types of worms are those? Question 2. Why are the worms stuck inside made up of a different type of rock? Question 3. Should I cut the rock to get a better look at the shiny worms inside? Thank you!
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I don’t know much about this. I received after a relative passed. She made numerous trips to the beaches in California and Houston. She also traveled to Yellowstone and the Petrified Forest. But they traveled all over the US. Also going to numerous caves across the US. You an see grains of possibly sand and there are particles that are reflective like silver glitter. It’s very heavy and has small holes throughout.
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這是真的嗎？ Is this real? 有人能幫我嗎？ Can someone help me?
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I acquired another thing the other day from the same folks who gave me the oncolite slabs I posted in this section... They felt this is wood from Arizona, but didn't seem as confident/precise as I'd like about the location, because of the unusual detail in the wood structure, though I can see it's still agatized and not as detailed as in other pet woods... So based on that and the color I would guess Chinle Fm from Arizona too, but I'd like some other opinions. Yay or nay? If Arizona, where in Arizona? Slab is about 14cm long and 5mm thick.
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Found this in the Iron Mountains of Southwest Virginia in Carroll County. It was on the surface of the ground. At first thought it was a piece of wood, which is probably why my mind went straight to petrified wood when I realized it was stone. It has rings, like growth rings of a tree, but I don't have the magnifying tools to make out any smaller structures within the rings. The outer surface also has a barklike texture. Am I right?
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I found this piece while walking along a building in Northern Germany...first I thought, "Huh?...this looks out of place"...I thought it was just a weather-worn veiny stone...Then I picked it up, saw the fractures and thought, "Wow!, what a nice piece of Chert or Chalcadony (va. Jasper) what are you doing here?"...The fractures are heavily weather-worn, conchoidial, opaque and with a dull luster... After a while I began thinking that the shape, weathering and banding/striping was a bit unusual (mostly opinion at the time)...I wondered if it might be a fossil...a big Brach maybe? Photos courtesy of the Google ...unlikely After seeing close-ups while cropping the pics to post here, I thought, "Hmmm...I got wood?"... It kinda looks like petrified bark to me now, but its "grainy or veiny" on both sides, which seems strange, to me, for a piece of bark... Probably purely geologic combined with wishful thinking...it happens...although, if it is geology, it would be cool to come across a Genisis Jasper where it should not be Photos courtesy of the Google ...ooops...doin' it again...sry Anyway, either way its a beautiful specimen with an interesting story... Any ideas or opinions?...thoughts will be greatly appreciated...thanks in advance... Have a nice day
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I found this in a local stream several months back. The bedrock is Pennsylvanian and in the Glenshaw Formation. It feels strangely heavy for just a rock. Sorry, the scale is in inches. It's about 10.8 cm long. All help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
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I have several pieces of what I believe to be petrified wood that I discovered on a friend's property recently. I'm no expert hunter or big collector, I've just collected cool rocks I would find as long as I can remember. He has several acres right on the country line, in Knox county. I have researched it though, and all I can find says it's only been found in Savannah, west Tennessee. It's not just a piece or 2, I've got a bunch I've gathered up, and I just started, there's tons and tons of rocks on his property. I downloaded a rock identification app & it agreed I've got alot of petrified wood, agatized wood, fossils & more. But of course, I get different answers on a few but I am pretty sure I just stumbled on a treasure chest of fossils. I think I've also got some Picasso stone, it's beautiful. Agate, calcite, quartz, even a couple that may be Jasper. Several pieces are uniquely shaped, 1 looks like a brain. I've been trying to get good pics of the best, I've got alot more, pics & rocks. Please tell me what you think. I've included a few of the pics from my rock identifier app. You'll see that the same pic gave me a fossil, snakeskin agate, pegmatite & quartz for an answer
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I own this silver-mounted snuffbox, made in England circa 1740. Is the lid made of petrified wood, or simply regular agate? The metal portions are silver, with the interior fire-gilt (a highly toxic process that involved mercury vapors!). Thanks in advance for your expert help.
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I grabbed this rock as a friend was tossing it out of a flower pot, mostly because it initially looked like petrified wood. After studying it some, I don't think it is, but I am not certain how to identify pet wood (am researching how to do this, though)? I don't see regular patterns on the ends of the rock, which I would expect to find in petrified wood. Is that correct? Found in Alabama, but no idea where it's origin is, since it was in a flower pot. See last photo for size comparison to a water bottle lid - it's a small rock. I checked it for transparency and some edges are transparent but not the entire rock. Thanks! Ramona
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So this must be my 4th time posting a pet wood ID request on the forum. It is an older piece I collected with my son last year. Located in Santiago creek river bed in Orange County, California. The specimen lacks any type of wood cell or grain structure at the point where it was cut, however it strongly resembles wood from the outside. The interior is almost entirely quartz and the edges are translucent and emit a yellow glow when placed against a flashlight. I appreciate any insight.
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Location: Found along the Moyie river in northern Idaho. This specimen seems to have some characteristics of petrified wood but is difficult to confirm just by looking at it. It is smooth on one end but rough raised layers along the rest. The colors are teal and brown. I want to check with the community to get another opinion before continuing to attempt identifying the specimen. Thank you.
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Hi all, I'm curious about this piece of wood I found with some interesting, round nodules on the surface. Could it be some species of lycopod? About 3/4 inch in length. Found in Doña Ana county, New Mexico. Camp Rice formation. Thanks for any suggestions!
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ID requested on possible petrified wood (maybe bone?) found in Tennessee Cumberland Plateau
Rdwills posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone. I recently moved to central Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau where I have been enjoying hunting stone points in the creeks and woods. I recently found some chunks of what I thought might be petrified wood and would be grateful for ID help. Here are the details per the ID TIPS post: Date: Found February 2023 Location: Van Buren County, Tennessee USA Site details: bank of a small creek in close proximity to a spring Found with: a few stone points and stone point fragments and some smaller pieces of possible bone or petrified wood Dimensions: longest side approx. 79mm, width approx. 65mm, thickness approx. 45mm. Weight: 5 oz/142 grams thanks for looking and for any help.
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Can any one help me figure out if this is actually petrified wood?
Denofbeast posted a topic in Fossil ID
This one given to me by my great grandma, who I believe found it in New Mexico years ago in one of her trips. The bottom has a smooth almost glass like texture, the top is also fairly smooth but not quiet as smooth, and the whole thing is hard as stone. It weighs 5.780 pounds and is 26 inches around and three inches any it’s tallest point. any help on this would be greatly appreciated
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Unique wood from Round Mountain Silt, anyone seen anything like this?
H. Drax posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Been going through an old collection I haven't looked at in many years and in it are 15 or 20 pieces of wood, collected at the Ernst quarry back in the 90s. I haven't seen any similar examples from Sharktooth Hill or elsewhere. The pieces are somewhat fragile and often partially hollow with small (druzy?) purplish crystals on the interior. The rest is mostly composed of the same purplish-black material but man also show a tougher translucent outer crust. Some of the interiors of these pieces also contain powdery, lightweight chunks of brown matter. Based on appearance and the local geology as well as the preservation of flora from another miocene site in the region (see Reynolds p.114) I'm guessing the dark purplish stuff is pyrolusite or a similar manganese mineral. I assume the tougher clear stuff is microcrystalline quartz. The powdery brown stuff I cannot explain except as mummified wood, but I haven't found any pre-pliocene examples in the fossil record. I'm not a wood guy in general though so maybe there's more out there. What do you think? Something of research value? A small piece (~2.5 cm square) with the two primary minerals. Typical piece. Largest is about 15 cm. The mysterious Brown Matter. Very hard to get a good photo since it's mostly deep in the "geode."
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Found within creek bed in Orange County, California. Have had this one for some time now. Always thought it looked sort of like petrified wood but is difficult to tell. The answer may be more obvious to someone else. Appreciate any input. Thanks.
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Hi, is this petrified wood or just a rock with a grainy look to it? (Wales)
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Petrified Wood with what looks to be cuts in it
ImmaFrayedKnot posted a topic in Questions & Answers
I found this beautiful piece today along the Arkansas River bank in Colorado. I have a few other pieces of petrified wood but this is the largest that I've found and it almost looks to have been cut with something before hardening. Just curious if this is usual. The cuts are not very deep and I've tried to get the best pictures I can of them.
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