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Hello all, I came across this on a beach on Whidbey Island, Washington, USA. If is a small piece 3 cm x 6 cm and flat. Very hard. Looks like a bark but I don't know if bark petrified on its own without actual wood. Any thoughts are appreciated. Thank you for your time and expertise.
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Good Day Everyone, I am currently on Whidbey Island, Washington, USA and have been beach combing in my free time. There was a huge storm that hit the coast about 2 weeks ago. I found this piece washed up against a rock wall after the storm. Looks to have some wood structure but not sure. Dimension for this piece are 21 cm x 15 cm x 33 cm and the weight is 9 KG. This is a westerly facing beach. There is a ton of drift wood all around this island. Any thoughts are appreciated. I will be heading home in a week and am looking to identify this piece to determine what i do with it before I leave. Thank you all for your time and expertise.
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Any ideas? All found on the Nueces Riverbed in Texas.
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Hi there, I found this rock, that I believe to be petrified wood that might also contain coral larvae, about 20 years ago on the beach at Fort Desoto in Tampa Bay. Im a complete amateur- assume I know nothing. It’s extremely brittle - like chalk or limestone so I don’t want to try to polish it. It doesn’t quite fit any descriptions I’ve seen online. Anyhow, I’d love to get some nerdy obsessive details and or opinions about this specimen - the type of wood, why it’s so brittle and a guess at how old it may be. Thank you!
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What is this fossil(?) I found while digging for petrified wood?
BoPRocks posted a topic in Fossil ID
Was recently digging for petrified wood just outside of Petrified Forest National Park (near Holbrook, Arizona). While most of the pieces I found were clearly petrified wood, river rocks, or composite material, this one piece has confounded me. I know there are plenty of other fossils in the area- I would love any help in identifying what this could be! In the images, I've added a credit card sized object for reference. Thanks so much.
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Found this loose in southwest Missouri. Looks like petrified wood to me. Am I correct?
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I found this weird thing on the beach at Tybee, it caught my eye b/c of the pattern. It is quite hard, not what I expect from a piece of bark, and even has a shine to the underside. Is it possible it’s mineralized?
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I found this oddity amongst a heap of large concretions I've hoarded over the last few years. I haven't explored other areas much, due to the productivity (and concentration) of fossil bearing coleraine formation In the location I hunt. So, I believe this piece came from that same area. After the dried mud was washed off and I saw the banding and what looks like grain, I can't help but think that this is wood. It's also UV florescent, glowing a dull orange when exposed to a UV light. I have a tendency to get quite excited about nodules though, so I would appreciate any and all feedback/suggestions. Thanks for your time!
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I may have posted this before but its been a while. To start off, I've had this in my collection several years now and have always been unsure about what it was. My first guess had always been petrified wood but then recently I watched a video about mastodon tusk that had been found to the east of where I found this piece. The material looks very similar. I know it doesn't look the best, but preservation here isn't the best. Anyways, let me know what you guys think.
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(Pictures 1-3)Found this piece at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland. It appears to be wood given by the grain structure of it. In addition it has lines going up and down it in the same direction across the entire piece. The outside of the piece is more rough and is kind of like bark. What do you guys think? (Picture 4-6) found this piece also at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland. It shares the same grain structure as the piece in picture 1, but is a lot darker so I was wondering if it could be bone instead of wood. In picture 6 i tried to capture the texture of the specimen since piece 2 was a lot more difficult to photograph on iPhone. Could this one be wood too?
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I found this on a beach in Prince Edward Island, Canada and i’m trying to identify it. I haven’t weighed it, but I’m estimating around 10 pounds, and also has a bit of a waxy feel. Any ideas?
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Found this heavily mineralized rock on the California Coast (Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County). Looks like petrified wood, but I’m not sure if the “growth rings” are actually indicative of past tree growth, or if the lines are from some metamorphosed, sedimentary geologic origin. There appears to be some grain-like structure mixed in with the heavily silicated rock which leads me to lean towards an ID of petrified wood. Let me know your thoughts!
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Hello! I found this on Sunday at Saddle Mountain in Eastern Washington. I would love some help with identifying it!
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When I first decided to picked this piece up I thought it was just an interesting looking chunk of petrified wood, but when I grabbed it, it felt and looked weirdly light and fragile. I pulled it out of the bag for cleanup today and noticed what looked like faint schreger lines. Pictures in the daylight made the lines look clearer, though it's hard for me to make out exactly how they run.
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I found this piece a while back and picked it up due to its strange shape even though I couldn't identify it. I've mostly focused on learning how to ID Pleistocene fauna since that's mostly what I find. But now I'm trying to learn more about other things I may be overlooking. In several views, this looks like petrified wood to me. But the back view makes it look like it could just be weirdly shaped chert. One way or another, I haven't found anything quite like it. Hoping someone can help. @JohnJ Pic 1: Front Pic 2: Front view from the bottom Pic 3: Front view from the top Pic 4: Top Pic 5: Back Pic 6: Bottom with Inclusions Pic 7: Side view with close-up of Inclusions Pic 8: Opposite side view
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Hi, I’m new to attempting to find pet wood. Was wondering if this could be an example. Found in b.c Canada
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Yesterday, I was looking at this thread . And it reminded me of a piece a picked up back when I first started hunting. In many ways it resembled chert or possibly petrified wood, but the most notable difference was the sound. It makes a ringing sound when struck by metal. It even makes a distinctive high pitched 'tink' when I just tap it with a fingernail. Yesterday I told @FranzBernhard that I thought it was lighter weight than petrified wood. Now that I've managed to dig out the piece, I realize that the weight isn't necessarily different than petrified wood, but the high ringing sound that it makes creates the illusion that it's lighter weight. The strange sound and boxy breaks at edges almost made me wonder if it was man-made, but the grain resembles petrified wood or natural stone rather than any type of ceramic. This is one of the largest examples I've found, but I see little blocks of this from time to time that all sound the same.
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Hi, I'm Frederick from Brunei & new here. I have found some strange items from the beach (ref attached photos for one of it which I aldy so some polished) and which some ppl said it's Borneo Amber but I found that's not much info or study about it in internet. Definitely it's not agate since it's abit soft (easy to be polished) but harder thn Copal..and it has some kind of scents & more stronger scents if rubbing it. I hv found some of it & their hardest vary... Sound like glass when slightly knock it.. May i know it's an amber or semi fossilized tree resin? Or it's petrified wood with amber? How to justify it?
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I found this on a recent trip to the Peace River here in Florida. I'm trying desperately to identify it. Is this a piece of petrified wood? I haven't read anywhere online that petrified wood has been found anywhere in Florida so I'm kinda stumped.
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I may be embarrassing myself here, but I can only learn if I ask. :-) I found a piece in the sandy gravel of South Texas that looks similar to dugong rib examples I've seen on the forum. While trying to identify it, I found an article online from October of 2020 that indicates people have found dugong fossils in Texas, but it seems like it's incredibly rare. I would think it may be especially unusual to find any this far inland. (Around Waller County, TX). But I do know that so far I've found a lot of pleistocene fauna fossils here that generally seem similar to what people find in the Peace River. So I figured I'll post it and see how off base I am. Dugong rib? Oddly rounded petrified wood? Weird black rock? It would be great to know. One broken end does seem to have 'growth rings' I've seen discussed in other parts. I'll put that picture first. But I may need to take a picture in full sunlight to really highlight it. @digit @Shellseeker Thanks! --Brandy
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Item found September 5, 2021 on a gravel bar in the middle of Hoh River, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State. Hoh River is a glacier fed river coming off Mt Olympus. Item is light gray/green in color, approximately 12 cm long and between 3 to 5.5 cm in diameter. There are two small protuberances across from each other about 2/3 of the way from one end, and a less prominent lump on the end closest to the protuberances. The texture is quite porous, with the exception of one face of the item which is smoother, more dense, and shows lengthwise graining.
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Hi all! Is this petrified wood? I found it while hiking in Jackson Hole, WY. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I’ve posted these pictures around Facebook but haven’t gotten very many responses. Thanks!
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Hi, there! I’m so impressed by this forum. You all have given such good directions for how to post. Fingers crossed that I dotted all of my i’s and crossed all of my t’s. I purchased this at a local auction as part of a larger lot labeled “Rocks”. Auction was in Eastern Nebraska near Freemont. I would be so grateful for any insights as to what this is. — gtdkate
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This was found in blasted rock with shells, geodes on Vancouver Island. It is covered in some very thin hair like crystals and larger more solid quarts like crystals. It has a wood grain, very dark, charcoal like. I originally thought petrified wood but it is soft if you press your nail into it. Can anyone identify it for me? Thanks!
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I found this today on private land while hunting for calcite SE of Denver Colorado. It was in a gulch mostly buried by sand that is very quartz heavy. Please help with ID! It is very heavy!!!
