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Chromium Petrified Wood?


mudgettgar

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Hello! I have come across a very interesting piece of petrified wood, and I would just like some opinions as to what it is. It has a very pronounced mint green to dark green color, and it looks very much like the pieces of chromium petrified wood that I've found on the internet. The piece weighs about 9-10+ pounds. Does anyone have any ideas as to what it might be?

The images can be seen with the following URL:

http://imgur.com/a/yE2XA

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Let me attach the best image here; it will get more responses if folks don't have to out-link:

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I take it that you do not know where it is from?

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Thank you for that! I'm not exactly sure where it is from, but it is part of a collection that contains a considerable amount of what appears to be Arizona rainbow type petrified wood, so Arizona would be my best guess. I'll get more of the images on here soon..

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Compare with green Jasper/Agate petrified wood from Hampton Butte, Oregon. ;)

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Compare with green Jasper/Agate petrified wood from Hampton Butte, Oregon. ;)

This validates my first impression.

Of course, "cf: Hampton Butte" is as far as I would push on the ID label.

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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