Monarch Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Hi, found near Fernley, NV...many unusual shapes in area. Possible Petrified Wood/Opal...? Thank you so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Welcome to TFF! Iron concretions. Last one could be chert. Can You post pictures of the items while dry? 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...
KimTexan Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 The 2nd pic is definitely an iron concretion. But that could be pet wood weathering out of it. The others could be a mixture of iron concretion and pet wood. I have some iron concretions that are clearly pet wood. I also have found pet wood weathering out of iron stone or iron concretions. In this instance the wood was Eocene in age and almost looked like modern pine. Are #1, 3 and 4 all the same piece? They kind of look like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarch Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 Here are a couple pictures of it dry. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 I’ve collected opalized wood in Nevada and your last photo look very much like what I’ve found. The cracks running through it are the same. Wood opal is very brittle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I agree with Al Dente, but would add that it could also be a non fossil deposit of opalite which is common in the Ferely area. The rougher reddish area is the matrix. Can You see any wood grain in the lighter areas? 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...
Monarch Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 No wood grain or rings like in Petrified Wood and it is like glass.The surface is rough like the 4 photos I posted, and the inside is one or multiple colors surrounded by a band of black or gray like the last photo. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 42 minutes ago, Monarch said: No wood grain or rings like in Petrified Wood and it is like glass. Not all petrified wood retains the wood structure. Opal is a very "glass" like rock. In this case I think You have a non fossil piece of opalite. 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...
Monarch Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Thank you!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Monarch said: Thank you!!!!! You are welcome! 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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