(Almost) microscopic agates in petrified wood

[ARandomFossil]

I thought I would share this unique piece of petrified wood I own. I don’t know if this is rare, but I couldn’t seem to find anything on this. To the naked eye, the rings of the wood are tiny white rocks. But under the microscope, you can clearly identify agates. Fraxinus Nigra is the name of the species. The microscopic pictures are too large for the post, but I think you can download them to view. 

 

 

 

 

[Lone Hunter]

That is very very cool!  The magnified images are awesome, I collect petrified wood also but don't have that power magnification and no idea agates could be so small or make up the rings! 

[JohnJ]

A very nice piece of fossil wood.  

 

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[Ludwigia]

Nice! But I'd still be interested to see a photo of the complete specimen.

[Bronzviking]

That is awesome, thanks for sharing. I'd also like to see the whole piece with its dimensions.

[ARandomFossil]

6 hours ago, JohnJ said:

A very nice piece of fossil wood.  

 

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I apologize, I should have blurred that! It wasn’t the actual specimen, but another piece for sale. I’ll blur out the price 

[ARandomFossil]

8 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Nice! But I'd still be interested to see a photo of the complete specimen.

Completely forgot to put in the dimensions! 
It is 6.75 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 3/8 inches thick. 

Edited May 25, 2021 by ARandomFossil

[ARandomFossil]

8 hours ago, Lone Hunter said:

That is very very cool!  The magnified images are awesome, I collect petrified wood also but don't have that power magnification and no idea agates could be so small or make up the rings! 

It’s not that high of a magnification! Only about 10-20x. You can get microscopes like that for your phone camera! It’s really cool! I also found a worm trail in one of my other specimens. I might post that later. 

Edited May 25, 2021 by ARandomFossil

[JohnJ]

2 hours ago, ARandomFossil said:

I apologize, I should have blurred that! It wasn’t the actual specimen, but another piece for sale. I’ll blur out the price 

 

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[aplomado]

Oh wow!