Petrified Wood or Plant? Please Help ID

[kerryrocksnla]

Im thinking Petrified Wood. Its about 1 1/2 ft wide app. 20lbs. Here are pics from different side views & some close ups of fossils and what not.

[kerryrocksnla]

Here are more pics

[Scylla]

Looks more like marine fossils like bryzoans, corals, etc. Maybe part of an expired reef?

[kerryrocksnla]

Oh ok....cool. Thank You

[WATERLINE]

I agree with Scylla...looks more like marine fossils or trace. Nice pieces!!!

[kerryrocksnla]

Thank you. Its all one piece just different views..

[erose]

I think I am seeing rudists. Do you know the age of the material?

[WATERLINE]

For the sake of information and ID try to put something in context to illustrate the size when you take a picture too...a coin, hammer, even your hand....

Bruce

[SteveS]

Definitely see coral in there, that is a pretty awesome sea bed.

[howard_l]

There is definitely some marine animals tin it, but a lot of what you have is mineral formation. Maybe silica, similar to what is found in Tampa Bay coral.

[kerryrocksnla]

No, im sorry I do not know the age. I received it from my neighbor who did not know what it was as well.

Bruce, I will do that next time. This piece is about a oot to foot & a 1/2 wide. Thank you all..

[abyssunder]

In pic 2 with the beautiful botryoidal calcite in the cavity I think I see a little gastropod in the middle of the matrix.
I'm wondering if the specimen couldn't be from a karst environment.

[kerryrocksnla]

IDK.. But first thing in the morning I will check it out

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[kerryrocksnla]

I went ahead and took a look. I didnt know what that was. But seen it and thats why I took the pic. I went over this reef with a magnifying glass....lol

[howard_l]

It is very easy to determine if a rock is calcite or quartz, quartz will scratch glass, calcite will not. Calcite will fizz with vinegar on it.