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Hi All Found this on a red clay mound near my house, newly developed area, so may have been dug up during excavation works.
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From the album: Fluorescent Petrified Wood
Cypress Wood, viewed under white light (top) and short-wave ultraviolet light (bottom) Miocene Odessa, Delaware© copyright 2021 Heather JM Siple
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From the album: Fluorescent Petrified Wood
Cypress Wood, viewed under white light (top) and short-wave ultraviolet light (bottom) Miocene Odessa, Delaware© copyright 2021 Heather JM Siple
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From the album: Fluorescent Petrified Wood
Cypress Wood, viewed under white light (top) and short-wave ultraviolet light (bottom) Miocene Odessa, Delaware© copyright 2021 Heather JM Siple
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From the album: Fluorescent Petrified Wood
Cypress Wood, viewed under white light (top) and short-wave ultraviolet light (bottom) Miocene Odessa, Delaware© copyright 2021 Heather JM Siple
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I was walking along the many trails in the Sugar Land area near the Brazos River when I found a wonderful beach with many pieces of petrified wood. I'm very new to this world of fossils and rocks but I was quite intrigued by a piece of petrified wood with what I believed to be some fossilized sap (amber?). I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about this rock or the round piece of bone I found as well. Any input would be greatly appreciated! -Blxbrry
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While out wandering with friends in Clarno vicinity (the town, but probably also the formation; well away from the Palisades and on public land open to rockhounding and collection,) we came across some really vibrant, bright petrified wood, quite unusual for the area. The source tree looks like it's encased in a coarse ash or tuff, with a "shell" of harder material. The wood looks agatized but is still very brittle, too brittle for lapidary application but gorgeous for display; lot of opalized areas and mineralization. I tried to get back far enough to get a solid round but was unsuccessful (read: it was windy and I got lazy!) There was a scattering of other wood in the area, of varying levels of preservation; the formation wasn't rich with it by any means. No observed leaf fragments. Most of petrified wood we get out here is carbon-black, poorly preserved or just little brown float fragments, so finding something this bright made for an exciting day.
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Petrified Wood from Triassic of southeastern Pennsylvania
traveltip1 posted a topic in Member Collections
This display contains 100+ specimens of the best petrified wood that I found, during more than a decade of fossil-hunting, in the Triassic age Newark Basin of southeastern Pennsylvania. The material is scarce. I have plenty more smaller pieces. The shelves dimensions are 6 feet x 5 feet x 1 foot.
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Hi I have a fossil I found while exploring an area near Dubbo NSW australia. I taught it was just petrified wood until I cleaned it and notice on one end has colour and looks like it could have fish fins on the side. The length is 300mm and width is at its widest point 180mm. It was just sitting on side of a dirt track and also has another part to it which I will pick up next time I'm out that way again. Any help in identifying what I have here would be much appreciated as I wouldn't have a clue other than what I think it is. Thanks
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My interest is in current earth conditions that would be amenable to the creation of fossils, specifically petrified wood. I want to place wood in a position where it will be likely to form petrified wood at some point in the distant future for an artistic project. I am not a scientist, although I am reasonably scientifically literate. Nevertheless, there may be blind spots in my assumptions here. I would love to hear any thoughts that forum members might have. I would imagine a group of experienced fossil hunters might have a good idea of what past conditions have been good for fossilization. It may be strange to ask but oddly topical as well - humans have been doing a lot of musing on the future fossils they are creating now. I have done a lot of research to this end, but have not found anything definitive. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right place. What I have managed to glean indicates that wood placed in sediments rich in silica may fossilize. This is very broad, but it is a start. My first thought was recent volcanic ash deposits like near Mt St Helens, but due to the cataclysm that laid the ash, there is likely to be a lot of wood in those deposits well situated to fossilize. I would prefer a situation where the petrified wood would be unusual and likely to stand out to the future intelligent being encountering the piece. There are many valleys in Nevada with non-draining basins that have seasonal lakes, and many of these are reasonably rich in silica, being derived from surrounding mountain ranges that are composed of silica-rich rock. This might be a good location, although I am still wondering about depth of placement, best soil moisture levels, and whether the alkaline conditions would be a problem. Another idea for a place would be a Volcanic Ash Flow Vernal Pool such as Boggs Lake in California. I am not sure what the pH of this soil is- fresh volcanic ash can be very acidic, but this would leach out over time, possibly creating an alkaline situation as the closed lake basin accumulates salts. Any help would be very much appreciated! I am looking for places in the western US, but really any place given as an example would be helpful. Daniel
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I am an occasional rockhound and lover of all things natural. I have lurked around here because of some of my interests, but I decided to make an account to ask a question about making my own petrified wood. Yes, you read that right... I thought it would be rude to just sign up and ask a question to a forum I've never contributed to, so here is my first contribution. Hello!
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Hi all! Brand new member here but long time geological fan and rockhounder. I am new to Texas and my job site has quite a bit of echinoid and bivalve fossils, and I was out rummaging around in the woods looking for some fossils when a “stone” on the soil surface stood out like a sore thumb to all the geological type base material in the area. In one little pocket in the under brush of cedar I noticed crystalline formations on material that was unique to the whole area. I am new to the whole geological formations but I was assuming it was in the glen rose formation type area. Anyone based on look have any idea? It does not immediately resemble cycads fossils I have seen which thought was the only common large petrified material in that formation. The material is solid crystalline almost agatized with the largest piece weighing 40lbs At first I thought I had hit a jackpot of sagenite. In an hour brought out 100lbs of the material. This stuff is completely set apart from base formations and material fossilized snail, bivalves are found in only with this being 100-200ft away down a small hill. Sorry I don’t have anything to Mark scale I can take pictures with coins or ruler tomorrow for y’all. This is the most pictures I can add for now let me know if you would like more or better photos
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Any ideas as to what this might be? Thinking could be wood remnants, maybe petrified or partially so? Northwest PA, lots of glacial debris in area.
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Good Morning, I came across this interesting piece about 3' below-grade in Live Oak County, Texas. I've managed to dissolve some of the 'caliche' with 5% vinegar to clean this up a bit. There is pet wood and the occasional Columbian Mammoth molar in the same vicinity as this piece was found. It is relatively light for it's size, compared to pet wood. Looking for anyone who can offer an opinion/advice on this piece.
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I am debating whether to cut or grind smooth in several areas two pieces of Indonesian petrified wood with botryoidal chalcedony that I recently received. This is what I was supposed to have received: This is what I received (The seller removed most of the yellow surface agate.): I just don’t like the look of the pieces gouged and scratched so I want to remove as much of the damaged areas as possible and maybe grind smooth other areas. First Question: Should I try to cut the pieces or just leave them as is? Second Question: Should I cut the pieces along the red lines or somewhere else? Third Question: On the one piece should I also try to remove the top piece to expose more of the botryoidal chalcedony? The back face of that top piece is really damaged. On one side the top piece would be easy to cut because of the void underneath. The other side would be very difficult because the void doesn’t really go all the way to the red line. Fourth question: Are there areas I should try to grind smooth like area1 or area 3 or area 5? Last Question: Should I give up on trying to salvage the pieces and just try to cut out intact the botryoidal chalcedony in each piece? Marco Sr.
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There are no pictures of this roll shaped rock before the rock crusher. It was approximately 5 inches long and 2.75 inches diameter cut off square on both ends. it had a noticeable double 1/2 spiral ripple in its length. We don't know where it came from. It was found in 1976 in a newly purchased farm house in Michigan.
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Hello. I have opalized wood for trading. Age - Paleogene. There are Teredo mollusc passages ranging in size from 6 to 10 mm, filled with cemented opal sand, less often with chalcedony. Insect coprolites are also found. There is a sample of a solid section with annual rings (ground, but not polished). If you are interested in such samples, please do not hesitate and contact us in a personal. Have a nice day.
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My 9 year old son found this earlier today. Need help identifying.
NightHawk_AL posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, My son and I were walking on a local trail and he found this. We are trying determine if is a bone, petrified wood or something else. We are complete novices, so please forgive us if it's nothing. Thanks in advance for your help.
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This was found on the banks of a river bed around Locust Fork River in Blount County Alabama
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I dug up a log in my backyard, I would love to know if it is petrified wood.
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Good Evening All, I'm new to this forum and this is my first post. I was hoping someone could assist me in identifying the type of petrified wood I found in South Texas and the easiest way to remove the white minerals around it (providing I even should be removing the minerals around it). There were several pieces found about 4' below-ground on the edge of a crevasse where water was carving out the soil. I am tempted to return with an excavator to locate more of it but will hold off in the meantime. An early thanks to anyone who can reply and give me some guidance.
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Ok, this is my first post, and I think I read the rules right, so if I didn't do anything right just let me know and I'll fix it. So I bought this boulder off a guy. It's about 3 ft long, 2 ft wide, and weighs about 200 lb. The guy told me that it probably came from Kansas or Minnesota. He couldn't remember very well. But I am in Lincoln Nebraska so I suspect it's probably Kansas. I asked a guy for information about it here in Lincoln. Specifically I asked him if this was a petrified log and if the big lump on the side was a concretion. He said that "This is a weathered piece of limestone. Selective sections have weathered and are black/ hollow. I don't see a concretion. On the rock. Concretions can be found in limestone but they are generally smooth and have structure. Petrified wood does not form in limestone and what appears like wood is bedding and parting." He could be right I'm just looking for more opinions. I just feel like this is sandstone and not limestone, but I could be wrong. So I'd just like to know If it is a petrified log, and if it isn't what exactly it is, and any other information you can give me about this. Like what the different formations on it could be, and why the colors are the way they are. Sorry about the night pictures, I just got it back from the car wash where I gave it a good cleaning. I do have day pictures but they're not as good, and I'm just really excited about this. but if better pictures are needed I'll go outside right now and take them or wait until it's daylight. I also had to resize these pics and I'm not sure how they'll turn out. Thanks for help.
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Hi all! I made one of the the personal coolest discoveries of mine yet - while hunting for petrified wood in tiny, tiny stream on the catahoula formation I found a chip of petrified (palm, most likely) that is completely composed of a translucent mineral, perhaps quartz? I'm curious as to what mineral this piece may have fossilized in. Furthermore, is this a particularly special find? I'm a newbie, so just because it's a first for me doesn't mean it's uncommon. Here are some photos, for reference: and the other side: here it is wet, and held up to the sun. The second photo has my finger behind it so the translucence could be understood Thanks for any help!
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I would rather identify most any fossil other than petrified wood! Not a botanist, so when I referred to my ancient copies of Gems & Mineral magazines from March to August of 1960 and read Virginia Page's "How to Identify Fossil Wood", I got lost in a hurry. I'm trying to identify wood from the Cretaceous in Southeast Missouri at Crowley's Ridge. I have a polished cross-section image and am hoping someone can identify it for my fossil database. I don't have a longitudinal section, but could do one if that is necessary.
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2 Venice beach fossils. Petrified wood and odd worn shark tooth? Very curious.
FemurIHKH posted a topic in Fossil ID
After a trip to Venice Beach, Florida, I'm having trouble with identifying 2 fossils found onshore. The first is something I initially thought was a well worn micro shark tooth, but on closer inspection am having doubts. There is also a piece of what looks like petrified wood. Perhaps pine? Any help or resources would be appreciated. Thanks!
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