Darko Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Hi guys! I found this in my friends Garden...At first a thought that is some kind of ordinary rock but as I look it better I realized that isn't some ordinary rock! I found it in my City of Paraćin and I don't know anything about this.Your help would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Looks suspiciously woody to me. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 13 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Looks suspiciously woody to me. What's suspicious about it. Looks almost like plain old wood to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Yes, a very nice piece of petrified wood. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 7 minutes ago, Rockwood said: What's suspicious about it. Looks almost like plain old wood to me. But it isn't. I first thought the same but then I felt that is more solid than a normal wood,solid and hard like a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Just now, Tidgy's Dad said: Yes, a very nice piece of petrified wood. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Nice piece, congrats! Can we have a view of a cross section of it? " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Sorry to say, I’m a bit skeptical, particularly because of this bit. I suggest bog wood here (very old tannin-stained wood preserved in a peat bog or swamp) “...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...
Auspex Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 These 'stair-step' fractures are very much like how petrified wood breaks. If it rings like stone when struck, it's petrified wood. 6 "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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Sorry to say, I’m a bit skeptical, particularly because of this bit. I suggest bog wood here (very old tannin-stained wood preserved in a peat bog or swamp) The first piece I found I tapped on with my trowel expecting to hear a dull thud only to be pleasantly surprised by a sharp ting. Try it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Or perhaps it could be carbonized wood from that Miocene lake formation. Either way, looks carbonized rather than petrified. Try burning a small piece. “...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...
Ludwigia Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 It certainly would be interesting to cut a cross section if possible. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 25 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Or perhaps it could be carbonized wood from that Miocene lake formation. Either way, looks carbonized rather than petrified. Try burning a small piece. It is from Miocene epoch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 27 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Or perhaps it could be carbonized wood from that Miocene lake formation. Either way, looks carbonized rather than petrified. Try burning a small piece. It doesn't work with burning.As I said it very solid like a normal rock and it's heavy as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 12 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: It certainly would be interesting to cut a cross section if possible. I would like to try that but I don't have the right tools to cut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 53 minutes ago, Darko said: It is from Miocene epoch How do You know this? Can We see the end grain? 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...
sixgill pete Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Are there any "soft" areas on this piece that you can break or brush away with your hand? Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 12 hours ago, ynot said: How do You know this? Can We see the end grain? I ask Serbian Paleontologist,and he told me that my area has more Miocene stuff than stuff from some other epoch.So it's definitely from Miocene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 12 hours ago, sixgill pete said: Are there any "soft" areas on this piece that you can break or brush away with your hand? Only dirt from the soil.It's really solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Darko said: I ask Serbian Paleontologist,and he told me that my area has more Miocene stuff than stuff from some other epoch.So it's definitely from Miocene. Nope ! Doesn't work that way. You need to ditch the "definitely". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Darko said: I ask Serbian Paleontologist,and he told me that my area has more Miocene stuff than stuff from some other epoch.So it's definitely from Miocene. 2 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Nope ! Doesn't work that way. You need to ditch the "definitely". Agree that "definitely" is the wrong terminology (unless the area is known for miocene petrified wood) , should have said "most likely". 1 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...
Darko Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 6 hours ago, ynot said: Agree that "definitely" is the wrong terminology (unless the area is known for miocene petrified wood) , should have said "most likely". Sorry guys! My English is not so good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Can you take a photo of (at least) one of the ends? 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 23 minutes ago, abyssunder said: Can you take a photo of (at least) one of the ends? Sorry,but the Fossil is not here..I'm at College and that's in another City.When i'm home i'll send u pics... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Darko said: Sorry guys! My English is not so good... Your english is fine, it is Our sense of humor that is not so good. 1 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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