Frank Menser Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) This is probably the most neglected part of my collection but it grows despite the neglect. I have one NC piece (a gift) that acts as a door stop and weighs near 100 lbs This fern is from VA This large NC piece is covered in a beautiful quartz druse. I like this Penn coal as it still shows some structure. My favorite. I collected this in Monument Valley back in 1981. So, Anyone got some wood to show off? Edited September 11, 2009 by Frank Menser Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 From Egypt... ...with "woodpecker" feeding holes! "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...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 So, Anyone got some wood to show off? LOL! And yes, I'm very proud of my wood! I am something of a collector of petrified wood, but I have to have mine polished , otherwise it's just a rock. Here are a few of my precious; Sequoia Hubbard Basin Blue Forest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Wow, Auspex I don't recognize your first specimen - any info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Wow, Auspex I don't recognize your first specimen - any info? I do not know the species of wood, but I do know it is Oligocene. Here's a link to the post in which I debuted it: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?showtopic=6100&view=findpost&p=68205 EDIT: I just replaced the pics in the original post that had been lost. "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...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Oops, I didn't realize that all 3 photos were the same specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) These were found in Kiowa, Colorado, by my grandmother when she was a kid. Kiowa wood is stunning and strange! The biggest one is a back breaker. Nick Edited September 11, 2009 by 32fordboy www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 A few more: www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Some Coal based specimens, Calamites and others... Petrified wood specimens: I have lots more but these are some of my favorites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 an 85lb chunk from az(i think) and a 30 lb chunk of nj wood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 an 85lb chunk from az(i think) and a 30 lb chunk of nj wood... Great sizes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Here are my two newest wood-esque finds: Not great but firsts of this type of species for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 A good canidate for "Ultimate Wood Guy" is rsmull. He has pieces you need a P/U truck to haul. I will see if I can get him to post some of his monsters. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Heres the two I keep inside. One, you can see the bark, the other one looks like it rotted a bit before it was petrified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Very nice, Jax. www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safossils Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 We do not collect much, but here are a few field photos... From the Amole Arkose, Tucson Mountains. From the Amole Arkose, Tucson Mountains. From the Morita Formation Huachuka Mountains An insect fossil in Cretaceous wood Amole Arkose Tucson Mountains From the Fort Crittenden Formation Huachuka Mountains From the Fort Crittenden Formation Huachuka Mountains More Petrified wood field photos.... Walt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 All very nice Here is my Calvert wood. I normally don't pick up wood but I couldn't resist because of the iron nature of this bread loaf The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoPutz Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Here are a couple of mine. The first are some thin slices that really come alive when I wet them down. I always thought this next one was kind of interesting because it almost has a burnt look to it. And one more with some matrix. Has a nice lavender color. I have a lot of small pieces like that. Nothing really big. I apologize for the poor photos. I took them and edited in a hurry. I enjoyed looking at all of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguy784 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I bought this one in South Carolina. No idea of where it came from or when, just had to have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Here's some of mine. I'm a magpie, I like mine polished, what can I say? Here's a couple of branches and 2 views of a 4" sphere from Madagascar. These other pieces come from old collections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Here's a few more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 (edited) Frank.... The area I live they have uncovered forests, that have been preserved as 'mud fill casts'... so they are wood, but not preserved quite the same as your stuff.... but any opportunity I had to rescue a tree stump I did to save it getting re buried, and my best one now resides in a museum.... so the first two photos are uppercarboniferous 300 million year old tree stumps hanging around in the garden....the third is a tree stump 'in situ'.... and lastly an Asteroceras obtusum from Lyme Regis in Dorset, 190MYO ...an ammonite shell that has washed up onto the beach and become lodged in the fork of a piece of driftwood or a branch of a tree... this scenario was fossilised together and later uncovered to produce the fossil and tell the story shown here today.... Edited September 12, 2009 by Terry Dactyll Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 ...an ammonite shell that has washed up onto the beach and become lodged in the fork of a piece of driftwood or a branch of a tree... this scenario was fossilised together.... Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry nice! "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...
matt cable Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 A rare large example of Devonian wood from the Arkona shale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Some very cool wood there Y'all. Here is my doorstop. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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