jedijackie Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Hi everyone! I found this rock that looks like petrified wood, at first I thought it was a piece of tree branch but when I picked it up I noticed it wasn’t, anyone know if this looks like it could be petrified wood? thanks:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I think the third photo clinches this as fossil wood(vascular structure). "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I may be wrong on this, but I am not convinced this is wood. I think it is well worn and broken bone. 1 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...
Walt Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Sorry, I'm with Innocentx on this. Definitely petrified wood. Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Hi, I was leaning towards wood until I saw the last photo. Where did you find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 It's linear enough to be wood, but the pore structure swings me over to the bone camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I wish the end view was not so blurry. I still say petrified palm wood. 1 Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I agree with the wood group. Last picture shows a square / rectangular cellulare pattern not found on bone. 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...
Rockwood Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, Walt said: I still say petrified palm wood. If my sample is typical I'm standing with bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, ynot said: Last picture shows a square / rectangular cellulare pattern not found on bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 11 minutes ago, Rockwood said: If my sample is typical I'm standing with bone. Does not look the same to Me. Your piece looks like bone. 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...
Innocentx Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 @jedijackie. If you could get sharper images (of 3rd photo in particular), that would help greatly. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Has anyone heard of this chipping suggestion? Sounds iffy. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 44 minutes ago, ynot said: Your piece looks like bone. Exactly. Notice how square/rectangular the pattern is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 30 minutes ago, Innocentx said: Sounds iffy. Agreed. Seems like one would have to be very familiar with the sampled area for it to be useful. Edit: In fact I was taught the opposite about bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Exactly. Notice how square/rectangular the pattern is. Yes, I did notice that. I also noticed that it does not have the same geometric organization of the OP's piece. Your "rectangles" are uneven and have rounded corners, and are not as uniformly aligned. 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...
Rockwood Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, ynot said: Your "rectangles" are uneven and have rounded corners, and are not as uniformly aligned. The majority of the original post looks that way to me, but I can find some areas that I have to agree with you on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 1 hour ago, ynot said: square / rectangular cellulare pattern not found on bone. I agree. I am leaning towards wood. On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedijackie Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 I did a lick test but used my finger rather then my tongue. Luckily I do have a sample of a fossil bone to compare it with the petrified wood. I conducted the lick test on both specimens and my finger did not stick to the wood but did stick to the fossil bone, so im assuming it is not bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Better close-up pictures taken in daylight, location of the find and / or geological time, a good scale might help in the ID. I could say "it's a rudist", but that will be just a far guess. " 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...
goatinformationist Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I am all over the palm wood. I have chunks of palm wood on and off of my lapidary equipment and this looks in the third picture like my palm wood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 2 hours ago, goatinformationist said: I am all over the palm wood. I have chunks of palm wood on and off of my lapidary equipment and this looks in the third picture like my palm wood. 5 hours ago, Walt said: I wish the end view was not so blurry. I still say petrified palm wood. This is not a piece of palm wood/fiber; it is probably a piece of wood. Louisiana has some of the best petrified palm fiber or wood in the world. See this site: http://www.petrifiedwoodmuseum.org/OligoLouIntroduction.html Seen in a cross section, palm wood has many dots, called vascular bundles. In the first photo you can see the vascular bundles on the outside of the trunk. In a longitudinal section of the palm wood (second photo) notice that the bundles do not look like the wood grain/ growth rings in the poster's petrified wood. The vascular bundles have irregular spacing, meander back and forth, and go in and out of the plane of the cut. The vascular bundles do not extend very far in a cut and polished section like the growth rings of wood do. See the third photo which shows the youngest palm wood (early Miocene) every found in Northern Caifornia (near Berkeley.) You can easily see how the bundles weave around since they are preserved in clear silica. 2 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...
Harry Pristis Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Another example: 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedijackie Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 5 hours ago, Innocentx said: @jedijackie. If you could get sharper images (of 3rd photo in particular), that would help greatly. I’m using myphones camera but Yes, I will try again to catch a sharper image of the third photo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedijackie Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 4 hours ago, abyssunder said: Better close-up pictures taken in daylight, location of the find and / or geological time, a good scale might help in the ID. I could say "it's a rudist", but that will be just a far guess. Found it while I was doing outdoor gardening in Alice Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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