Navasota what the heck?

[NEYXOUS]

So i stop by the Brazos in Navasota and find calcite reminiscent of rucks pit- 

And this....

[NEYXOUS]

[NEYXOUS]

Oh, and the calcite 

[NEYXOUS]

[Tidgy's Dad]

Fossilized wood, I think. 

[NEYXOUS]

Yeah,  ive collected a bunch of it from up the road...but this is odd 

Its like fused together with the sandstone. And it seems to be hollow for lack of a better term. 

Hmmm

[NEYXOUS]

There is this hole and two cracks that from what I can see make it look like a veneer of sorts.

Also it really reminds me of horn or tusk..

Isn't the Yegua shale where the petrified wood in this area comes from? This is a chunk of sandstone.

[Miocene_Mason]

1 hour ago, NEYXOUS said:

Pretty calcite crystals in this one and I agree you’ve got your self some fossilized wood.

[NEYXOUS]

I guess the only thing that had me confused is ive never seen petrified wood in the matrix around here and was under the impression that it all came out of a shale matrix. 

The calcite is not from the same occurrence. 

It was from the same location,  but it was certainly limestone rip rap for the bridge slope. 

I would love to know where the quarry was.

Last time i found something like that it lead me to rucks pit... back in the day when it was still producing.

[goatinformationist]

 I don't see dog tooth spar calcite but yes it does put one in mind of Eddie Rucks back yard.  Neat find.

[Rockwood]

9 hours ago, NEYXOUS said:

I guess the only thing that had me confused is ive never seen petrified wood in the matrix around here and was under the impression that it all came out of a shale matrix. 

I haven't studied the formation, but it seems possible that there was an event that buried a forest before some of it's remains washed into the shale deposits.