Adam86cucv Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Going through a forgotten corner of the basement last night I stumbled upon a box with some of my grandfather's "rocks" that my grandmother gave me when she sold her house and moved in with my mom a few years ago. As far as we (my grandmother, mom, and myself) know these were all found in Maryland. He worked for the state dot for years as a bridge inspector so they could be from anywhere in the state. The lighter 2 pieces I am confident that they are petrified wood, the brown/red looking one I am not as sure. The brown/red piece's outside is almost like spaghetti noodles laying tight against each other for lack of a better description. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 The reddish colored piece looks more like a mineral deposit than petrified wood to Me. 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...
Adam86cucv Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 25 minutes ago, ynot said: The reddish colored piece looks more like a mineral deposit than petrified wood to Me. I can believe that. We have areas of iron around here so something with iron would make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 This piece was also I the box. It at some point had been cut, but I remember it being this odd shape since I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I’ve heard of wood like that being recovered from some places in Delaware. There is lots of wood in the form of lignite in Maryland’s Cretaceous but sometimes wood like this is found. Not much (if any) literature on Maryland Pet wood. “...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...
PaleozoicParty Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Adam86cucv said: This piece was also I the box. It at some point had been cut, but I remember it being this odd shape since I was a kid. Looks like wood to me. Is it heavy like a rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, PaleozoicParty said: Looks like wood to me. Is it heavy like a rock? Yes it is heavy like a rock and looks like a chunk of cut wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayitis Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 This looks similar to pieces of wood I've collected in Prince Georges County. The red and yellow pieces are quartz crystals that form where there is enough room for the mineral solutions that petrify the wood to grow crystals. Found in the interior of larger pieces or if a larger piece has been broken up single pieces like you show. Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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