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Ok this is a strange one. If I look head on, I think I see rings - like tree rings. But also weird because there appear to be perhaps growth rings on the outside - two of them. Makes me think of how bamboo grows, with that thick outer ring every so often. Of course, probably just rock with a real interesting history, but there are some marks on this that just have me intrigued. Myrtle Beach find.
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3 more specimens - these i labeled 7/8/9. 7 and 9 really, really look like fossilized wood to me. I can't imagine what 8 is - looks like the branch of a tree maybe? But I also know simple rock can take on really interesting shapes and patterns and fool the eye. Thanks again!
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I'm not sure what this is. I have my speculations but that's all they are curious to see what you all think. It was found in Venice Florida around a lot of shell, tons of whale bones, manatee, very little sharks teeth, did find a lateral megladon tooth though. It has some curious ridges on it that's got me guessing and maybe the biggest clue. Excuse the gnarly fingers, I do art and construction. Thanks
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Hi all I just joined up today. I found something that I can not work out. I was walking along a dry creek bed in central Queensland Aus and found what looks like a piece of petrified wood encased in rock. How did this happen? Why didn't it burn up? Any ideas?
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Found at Lulworth which is a Late Jurassic to Mid Cretaceous area.
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Odd looking piece found in the Mazon Creek . Looks to be bark ?? Any ideas ?? Thanks, Phil
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I was wonderimg if this is petrified wood. I believe it is, but nit sure what it is replaced with. Any help would be appreciated.
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Whenever I bring home a new batch of fossils, I pull out my UV rock lamp. Why? Some fossils glow in the dark, but not in a uniform way. Variations in the mineral composition make for a variety of colors, even when the specimen seems fairly uniform in color in daylight. This can make small, hidden details really stand out. Case in point: This afternoon I was putting away some petrified wood I'd collected awhile back. I pulled out my black light to examine them because some of the wood from this site shows a rainbow of color under UV. This one particular piece was mostly orange under UV, though in camera the hues look different. What really got my attention, however, were a few really vibrant spots on one side. Insect traces! The petrified wood chip is only about 8 cm long. Even with a magnifier, some of the small details are hard to spot. I never would have spotted them in daylight, but they were super bright with the UV. Another box I was sorting through this week contained impressions of brachiopods and trilobites in plain, white limestone. It can be hard to see the contours in the matrix, but they show up much differently under the UV. Finally, UV light can be used to identify fossil mollusks whose patterns have bleached away. About 60% of fossil shells fluoresce and some species have been described based on the residual patterns made visible under ultraviolet light. Note: To photograph these, I used a Convoy UV LED flashlight. I set my camera on a tripod for a 4 second exposure at f/22, with ISO set to 1600. I had my DSLR's white balance set for daylight.
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Hi guys I found all this stuff searching through abbey wood micro matrix I collected last Wednesday and I was wondering if you could help me ID any of it thanks in advance location:Lesnes abbey wood, london age:paleogene formation: blackheath member, Thanet formation 1. Some type of fish jaw? 2.reptile or fish vert? 3.coral? 4.fish bone? 5.fish vert? 6.coprolite? 7.fishvert?
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Hi everyone, just joined the group. I recently did a kayak trip down the Brazos River Below Possum Kingdom Lake and found some petrified wood. I was wondering if anyone knew of what geologic age and formation it might be from? The surrounding geology seems to be Paleozoic but there is also Pleistocene terraces. Is it possible the wood could have been mineralized in a Pleistocene terrace or is this more likely from a surrounding Paleozoic formation? Thanks in advance for the help.
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From the album: Fluorescent Petrified Wood
One of Delaware's many mysteries is the petrified wood found near Odessa and Smyrna. The general consensus is that is cypress wood of some kind and it was buried under Pleistocene sediments. However, the origin of the wood and the age have yet to be figured out. Some say Miocene. Others say as old as Cretaceous. There are no other co-occurring fossils in the deposit to give any clues. The photo on the right was taken using a 395 nm UV lamp. -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This weighs in at 635 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This weighs in at 635 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This weighs in at 635 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This weighs in at 635 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This weighs in at 635 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation
This specimen is the largest piece of the wood samples weighing in at 702 g -
I found this fossil along with others, looking for id! Id love to learn more about it
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Hello there all! I picked this oddity up last weekend. Since then I've been staring at it and... well... I can't make head nor tails of it. Seems to be soooomething? Found on the Yorkshire coast, along ice age clay cliffs
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