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  1. St. Anthony

    Petrified Bark? Washington State

    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.
  2. CamelbackMike

    Anthracite area fossil tree

    We found these "bark" pieces this past weekend at an Anthracite mine in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The 3rd picture appears to be a different species and not similar to the diamond shaped things on Lepidodendron.
  3. Hi All we have had on the forum some quite out there post in the last few days so I thought I would add a post that is a little more grounded . I know very little about Scale Trees and some may think they are a little dull but to me they are quite striking. The Carboniferous was the heyday for early land plants. Giant lycopods, ferns, and horsetails formed the backbone of the land’s ecosystems. One of the most abundant plants during these times was the lycopsids known as the scale trees. Scale trees collectively make up the extinct genus Lepidodendron order Lepidodendrales. The name “scale tree” stems from the fossilized remains of their bark and roots, which resembles and can be at times mistaken for reptile/dinosaur skin . In fact it resembles more scaly skin than it does anything botanical. I am starting my post with a favourite Lepidodendron specimen give to me last Christmas by Doren. I will show my entire allotment in the coming days. Thanks for looking and I look forward to seeing your specimens and learning more about this subject . Cheers Bobby
  4. HannahB

    bark?

    hi can anyone tell what this is? was thinking looks like bark
  5. Hello all! I found this in a creek in Stark County, Illinois over the summer. I’ve been hunting fossils all my life and I’ve never seen anything like this. At first I thought it was a piece of pottery, but it’s more wood-like. Kinda. I mean, I’m stumped. Any thoughts would be appreciated! (Roku remote for scale…ha)
  6. Lucid_Bot

    Carboniferous Bark, Roots, Stems?

    I was rooting around in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, Beaver County yesterday and found some interesting plant fossils. They are Pennsylvanian and out of the Glenshaw Formation. Not sure if they're identifiable or if I would need a microscope to ID. Any help is appreciated.
  7. Paul ward

    Help to identify.

    Found this at my local river near Manchester in the UK close to a recent landslide, it looks like a tree bark or something to me and is a foot long. Any help to identify and date would be appreciated.
  8. nickja

    petrified fern trunk?

    Hi I found this petrified log of some sort in a sandstone cliff near Inverness Cape Breton Island and am wondering if anyone here knows what it would have been interesting looking pattern around the outside its how I would imagine the bark of a giant fern/ palm tree trunk would have looked long ago , also does anyone know how I could clean it up and bring out more of the bark like texture without damaging the fossil?
  9. So I found a collapsed shale and sandstone pile off the side of the road and it seems to have some neat stuff. This seems to be falling from a layer about 100 feet up on the road cut so unfortunately its mostly shattered and cracked through the layers instead of along the flats of them. A lot of it seems to be similar to the "Kentucky coal fields" finds you see online with the grey shale and black specimens, but some of it seems very different. Below are some attached pictures with nothing done to the specimens other than a decent brushing. What appear to be Neoropteris leaves, branches, fern tree roots mostly. Some really odd Bright orange tree bark with iridescent shine that I can't find anything to compare too in terms of color. They're extremely fragile and I'm already gluing some of the cracked ones back together. I really haven't had much a a chance to find fossils in over a decade, so preparation is a bit new to me. What I'm wondering is, after I clean and chip away a bit more rock off of some of these, if just throwing paraloid on them is good. And I question that because of the odd colors in some of these. I see some white specks in the sunlight that may be pyrite, Some appear to have bits of coal inside or stuck to the outside, and I don't know what to make of these bright shining blue and orange tree specimens and whether or not any special precautions will be needed to preserve them. Hoping to get some advice. Even though these may not be spectacular finds I'd like to practice on them for when I find something bigger and nicer.
  10. Hello everyone! I had a fun a really fun trip last weekend with some friends, including @Jeffrey P. We hit a fern ferns spots I've found over the years, and got access to another spot I never explored.. overall, it was a good trip with good friends. Here are my favorite finds...
  11. Hi everyone! I'm new to fossil hunting and I found a few interesting rocks underneath Sea Cliff Bridge near Wollongong in Australia. There was a lot of coal in the area for context. I will attach some photos of the rocks I found, I'm particularly interested in the small white (quartz??) lines intersecting the black part of the stone. Any help would be hugely appreciated! Thanks
  12. Darwall

    Any idea?

    We have dug up this when repiling our house. Not sure what it is?
  13. Today after work, I went to a new-to-me site in Iowa City. I had seen an old online pamphlet walking tour of the geology of the University campus. They listed a site they described as Pennsylvanian sandstone/siltstone in which they said there may be impressions of wood fossils. Here’s a piece I found: It’s very fragile, so I’ve only done some very light cleaning with a soft brush. Here’s a closer image: Here’s an even closer image where you can really see the grain. Am I right in seeing wood here?
  14. Lone Hunter

    Mystery object on petrified wood

    While y'all are on the subject, wanted to get some opinions on this. I collect a lot of petrified wood, wouldn't even have picked this up if weren't for the odd thing on it. Could it be bark? It's strange how rounded off it is, and there are tiny white dots in it's trail on the slice it's on. Appears to have a pattern on it, maybe someone will recognize it as a specific type of tree.
  15. Hello TFF, I purchased this relatively inexpensive specimen at Mineralfest this past fall, and I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about it. The seller informed me it could possibly be from Madagascar, but was transparent in admitting that she couldn't confirm for sure. It was with other pieces of petrified wood that were brown, but I was drawn to this one due to the red hues. I think it's agatized, and it looks "glassy," although there are too many impurities to shine a cell phone light through it. One side is polished, and I put water on the rougher backside to show more of the details in the coloration. When I went to research the process of identifying tree species from petrified wood, I came across high powered microscopes that could identify structures on a cellular level. I don't have access to that sort of technology, but I was wondering if anyone has any guesses as to what the species could be, how old it might be, what it might be made of, or any other information that could be gathered from looking at the specimen. I'm always curious about what the prehistoric "story" could be behind a fossil, or anything related to the unique biology of ancient life. Thank you for your time, and your knowledge is greatly appreciated!
  16. ColombianFossils

    Wood and Bark from Colombia

    Hi all, I found a number of wood fossils in a recent trip to Villa de Leyva, Colombia. I'm not sure of the period as there are a wide variety of geological bands in the area. I have the feeling the lined fossils are Calamites but would appreciate some help confirming and potentially identifying the others. Thanks in advance
  17. Vnaz50

    Bark or Mulch?

    Vince San Antonio, Tx I walked over this piece for weeks. I thought it was a piece of bark or mulch. I picked it up and washed it off like a rock. After I dried it off I noticed the burn looked odd.
  18. Hi everyone. I recently visited a quarry at the north of Spain (more specifically a geographical area called "El Bierzo", famous for its fossils from the carboniferous era) and I found the following ones. I think I have identified most of them but I would like to know your opinion. Thank you very much!
  19. AstroRaptor56

    I need help with a scale like fossil!

    Hello! I recently went to Grand Ledge, Michigan. This area is part of the Carboniferous, and more specifically the Pennsylvanian period. I found this fossil that appears to be scales. It’s not an imprint either, the scales are elevated. In the surrounding rock there are cordiate fossils and some kind of clam, I found ferns in the area as well. I believe that it was a swamp land way back when these were all alive. An ID on what kind of plant or maybe even fish scales would be awesome! Thank you!
  20. PMA

    Sigillaria bark parts

    I found these while walking around Bochum/Herne in Germany, whichr is in the Ruhrgebiet and mainly carboniferous. The left one I'm pretty sure it's sigillaria, but not so sure on the right one. Greetings!
  21. Kiwi_bird

    Potentially Petrified Wood

    Hello all! I am a new member, and this is my first post. Could I please have some help figuring out if these rocks are petrified wood? Most of them were found in a small Pennsylvanian stream. It looks like they are quartz, crystal quartz, but I am no expert. There should be about two pictures of each rock. Thanks for your help, and I have more pictures of different rocks if needed.
  22. Righteous

    Ferns + More Part Two

    This morning I went back to my new friends office to pick up a few more things I didn’t get last time. Very productive trip and I can’t thank Bill enough for sharing his finds with me.
  23. flipper559

    Mazon Creek - Wood ? Bark ??

    Odd looking piece found in the Mazon Creek . Looks to be bark ?? Any ideas ?? Thanks, Phil
  24. I_know_nothing

    North central indiana

    While digging a new pond this fell out of the bucket. It is 15 in long, 8 in wide, 3 in thick. Very heavy. Will try to get good pics. Thanks Hope
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