Kscott Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Very new to the fossil game and i need some help. Think i came to the right place! Found this on a hike in SE Alaska and i think its petrified wood. Thoughts? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinosaurus Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 yes, it looks like petrified wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Welcome to The Fossil Forum. Are the photos from 2 different rocks? In the first photo, send us photos of the parts at the top and the bottom (by the ruler), looking end on. What I see now looks more like a flow banded volcanic rock such as rhyolite. The bands are wavey and are irregular in width. Vugs are present which are either bubbles or where a crystal fell out during erosion. Additional more clearly focused photos will help us decide whether this is wood or not. 1 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 I agree with geological. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kscott Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 Thank you all for the replies. All the photos are the same rock. Based on the first photo from the original post, the second is of the top side (non-ruler side). This additional is of the right side based on the first. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taogan Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Looks geological to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Chris Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 ryolite or chert... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona Chris Paleo Web Site: http://schursastrophotography.com/fossiladventures.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Welcome to TFF! I agree with a banded rhyolite, not petrified wood. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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