PRK Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) This Miocene wood was preserved in ash from a nearby volcanic eruption Edited June 26, 2014 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhounensis Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 The preservation is imaculate, the interior of the swollen section of the specimen looks interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolbox82 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 PRK, Nice. The anuglar view of the growth rings is interesting. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 That is beautiful! I love pet wood. It is so perfectly preserved that it looks like a resin cast or something. Is there anyway to tell what kind of wood it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I'm totally unfamiliar with fossils from volcanic origins. They are so light colored. What were they mineralized with? By "preserved in ash" do you mean they were found in hardened ash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 Yes, they were recovered from a siliceous miocene ash layer which preserved the incredible detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Looks like the dry wood laying around everywhere today, amazing preservation! "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 More siliceous wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Wow, beautiful. How dense is the mineralization? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 That is awesome preservation! I have grained pet wood, but those pieces are sweet! ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Hey Paul, those are some amazingly detailed specimens. They do look fairly fragile...are they solid heavy pieces? Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) Yes, they are quite solid. just super well preserved Edited April 4, 2014 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Yes, they are quite solid. just super well preserved Paul, Very nice. Did they require much prep or were pretty clean surface finds? I peaked at a number of ash layers in and around northern Napa and Sonoma counties in CA years ago and was in more of the glassy course material most of the time with inclusions of pumice and obsidian--I did find a few pieces of wood in creekbeds but never found anything consistently. Dang, I knew there was wood stuff there just couldnt find the source if it still existed and was exposed. The Famous Calistoga Petrified forest is closeby so the geology/replacement process was probably similar just couldnt find it. Lucky you to have the Oregon volcanic ashes to poke around in!! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collector Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 It is so beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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