hndmarshall Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Found North of Houston Texas USA in gravel load from Brazos River at first glance it seems to be a shell like pattern on the stone {why I picked it up} but the pattern seems to be the whole stone so thought perhaps compressed fossilized plant concretion? possible fossil wood? pulled out my macro camera and studied further....now I am stumped more photos to follow..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hndmarshall Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 the entire stone is like this...is this mineral or some type of fossil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Aren't mystery pieces fun? You know there will be a bit of learning associated with finding out the identity of pieces like this. From the overall view of this piece I would have thought some sort of radiating crystal (geological) formation. Scrolling down through the macro photos I started thinking possibly coral but the final photos made me think more of petrified wood. I believe Texas is known for having some nice petrified palmwood (Palmoxylon). I wonder if that might be what this is? It's a lead at least to do some online image searches. Cool piece. Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 My copy of Ancient Forests came last week. I don't see an exact match in Palmoxylon, but I think it must be close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 What I see, looks plant material for me. Very nice! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creek - Don Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Found same type of petrified rock in North Texas. Is this it? Fossil wood of the Engelhardiae (Juglandaceae) from the Eocene of North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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