boomershouse Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 It's unclear how the two different textures relate to each other, but I think it adds up to sedimentary rock being the more likely explanation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I'd say sedimentary schist with mineral intermediate layers. There doesn't appear to be any sign of wood grain or boniness to it. 3 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomershouse Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 Thank you for the input I couldn’t make heads out tails out of it. It piqued my curiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Where in Texas. Not much schist here to speak of. Kinda reminds me of some dark petrified wood a friend showed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry W. Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Looks like petrified palm wood to me. Pieces of that wood will have the spots or rods running parallel to each other and those rods will make something that looks like lines running along on the other sides of the specimen. Dip the rock in some water and take a better look since those features show up better wet. Edited January 29, 2020 by Jerry W. Added information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Hmmm. Looks like I might have spoken too quickly. I can see what you guys mean with palm wood now. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Spots, lines, rods running. We need a perspective that shows how it all relates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Rockwood said: Spots, lines, rods running. We need a perspective that shows how it all relates. Maybe this helps. Looks like a possibility at any rate. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 28 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Maybe this helps. Looks like a possibility at any rate. Well, it shows what palm wood would look like. Honestly it looks like things could easily be 90' off from where they should be in these photos though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry W. Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Being neither a botanist nor a paleobotanist, admittedly my previous description of palm wood lacks correct terminology of its anatomy. I considered that Boomershouse, as a new member, may also be unfamiliar with the proper names of the bits and parts of his fossilized plant so I opted for common descriptions. As for perspective, palm wood is quite similar in structure to that of celery, bamboo and ferns, all of which have fibrous vascular bundles, previously referred to as "spots", that do the same thing; carry water and nutrients through the stem of the plant. The outer structure of these stems generally do not have exposed vascular bundles, though some may have a similar appearing "spots" that are actually thin root bundles that penetrate the outer surface of the stem. If Boomershouse's specimen was found where he lives in Texas, perhaps it is similar to the Texas State Stone, Petrified Palmwood. Edited January 29, 2020 by Jerry W. Spelling correction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Looks like a Rectangular drainage pattern too me. However, the presence of the "spots" does have me convinced that the origin of this specimen is not purely geological. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomershouse Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 Thank you for all the input yes I’m new to fossils which is ironic as old as they are. Seems the consensus fossilized palm on this one. I’ll keep hunting have a few other different things I want to post. Going hunting in a week or two in south Texas. Posting a few more pictures same find just to be sure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ludwigia Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Thanks for the well-focussed photos. I'm afraid I'll have to back down on the palmwood possibility now that I've seen this piece in a better light and shall return to my original analysis as sedimentary rock. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry W. Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 On 1/30/2020 at 1:22 PM, Ludwigia said: Thanks for the well-focussed photos. I'm afraid I'll have to back down on the palmwood possibility now that I've seen this piece in a better light and shall return to my original analysis as sedimentary rock. I would tend to agree. I'm finding, even in my own submissions here, so much guesswork in the "Fossil ID" section could be eliminated with the use of a good rock saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 22 minutes ago, Jerry W. said: I would tend to agree. I'm finding, even in my own submissions here, so much guesswork in the "Fossil ID" section could be eliminated with the use of a good rock saw. Um, but what if it is a fossil and now it is a fossil with a chunk sawed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry W. Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, jpc said: Um, but what if it is a fossil and now it is a fossil with a chunk sawed off. That is the price of being too poor to own an M.R.I. machine. Scientists had to even cut off a bit of the Shroud of Turin in an attempt to validate it. If something is unidentifiable, you can keep a curiosity or do what it takes to identify it, I guess. To each their own. I'm lazy, myself. That's why I come here to ask others to do my identifying for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pbassham Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Omg! I died! So candid! I too am lazy but I’m afraid I’m more ignorant. I should’ve paid more attention in earth science. I loved history, never made below 100 even through college, not smart enough to realize history and science go hand in hand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Jerry W. said: That is the price of being too poor to own an M.R.I. machine. Scientists had to even cut off a bit of the Shroud of Turin in an attempt to validate it. If something is unidentifiable, you can keep a curiosity or do what it takes to identify it, I guess. To each their own. I'm lazy, myself. That's why I come here to ask others to do my identifying for me. A saw capable of cutting thin sections would more cost effective. You could spend some of the savings on a dissecting microscope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 If you are OK with it, you could also hit it with a hammer to look inside. A gentle tap on the corner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 48 minutes ago, jpc said: If you are OK with it, you could also hit it with a hammer to look inside. A gentle tap on the corner. Can't beat it for cost, and it stands a fair chance of being effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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