Monarch Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Hello, can you please identify what type of fossil wood or bog perhaps? found near Lyon County. The last picture shows the size of specimens dry. Thank you. Paleozoic Coniferous swampland Nevada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I am not an expert on fossil wood by any means, but I personally do not see wood in the pix. 2 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I agree. I see no wood structure in this. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Those are some nicely colored chert nodules. The lack of grain texture and these conchoidial fractures give it away. 3 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Being from Nevada, I would suspect these to be agates. They could have formed in a void left by wood, but without grain/cellular preservation of knowing the location can not say if they are "petrified wood" or just an agate. May look nice cut and polished. 3 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...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 For reference this is my own silcified petrified wood from the Chinle Formation in Southern Utah. Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, ynot said: Being from Nevada, I would suspect these to be agates. They could have formed in a void left by wood, but without grain/cellular preservation of knowing the location can not say if they are "petrified wood" or just an agate. May look nice cut and polished. Im with Tony on this. Some nice agate. Would make some nice cabs. ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Petrified wood and agate can look similar though. Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 8 minutes ago, UtahFossilHunter said: Petrified wood and agate can look similar though. To be more precise, Petrified wood can be agatized but not all agate is petrified wood. 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...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, ynot said: To be more precise, Petrified wood can be agatized but not all agate is petrified wood. Exactly. Thank you for clarifying. Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I see some unusual tubular structures that could be plant material. They probably cannot be conclusively identified as fossils though. 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...
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