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Three years ago, while diving in a freshwater lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York state, I came across several long, rust-colored protrusions sticking out from underneath some rocks. The lake is at ~2000 feet of elevation, and the depth of water about 6 feet. One protrusion was a couple feet long, another was shorter; both coming out from the same pile of rocks. I touched the longer one and a ~14" piece broke off, so I brought it up to the surface (see first and second photos below). It is absolutely beautiful--waves and rings like an old tree that's been eaten away. The outside layer was soft, with rust-colored bits coming off in my hands. A week later, I found a similar specimen (see third photo below, underwater one) in another part of the lake, at a similar depth and also wedged in between rocks. My brother is convinced it is a rare fossil (like a stromatolite) or petrified wood. I hope it's a fossil, and the patterns are similar to photos of petrified wood as well as stromatolites. However, my best bet is that it's an oxidized piece of iron, like a large anchor. However, the only evidence I can find that it might be oxidized iron is on this post on this very forum where @ashcraft and @tmaier note that oxidation of iron can create a banding pattern that looks like tree rings/waves. Even using terms from that post (oxide banding, etc.), I still can't any photos or descriptions on the Internet that would match the specimen we found. Any support y'all can offer in terms of identification, and especially links to other photos of similar specimens, would be much appreciated.
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Howdy! Pried what looks like a branch out of some shale today. I was hoping someone could confirm for me that this is petrified wood and possibly ID it. Lots of tree fern leaves and stems in the area. Additionally, the fossil seems unusually heavy. Thanks in advance! Pennsylvanian Glenshaw Formation.
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I located this piece of what I think might be petrified wood when I was landscaping in my yard. I am located in central Minnesota and the piece was above ground. Extremely heavy, 1ft tall or .305 meters. I appreciate any sight, as I am not super familiar in this topic. Thank you. images in order: front back left side right side top bottom
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Hi - I collected these specimens on my property in the Blue Ridge Mtns/Shenandoah Ridge, and I’m being told they are examples of petrified wood. I’m not so sure. I’d love to hear opinions from folks who know a lot more about these formations than I do. Thank you!
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Found this unusual colored river polished rock in Texas creek. is this petrified wood or some sort of quartz etc. ? mineral experts please weigh in. this color is unique for my area.
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Hello, this is my pride and joy as far as wood goes, Found 5 years ago. Just curious if this would be considered "museum display grade"? Found on a friend's land who does not want the area disclosed but I can say it was in a small ravine next to a Creek. Thanks
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Hi I Found all of the rocks and many more at one location in middle GA. Some of the peices look like they maybe petrified wood because of the bark like on some of the edges but there is so many diffrent colors to all be petrified wood. The last photos are of a peice that has been roughly polished. I know there is alot of diffrent rocks here in the photos I just figured it may help identify some or all of them if people can see what other kind of rocks are in the area. Any information what what any of the rocks could be would be greatly appreciated.
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Sorry for spamming the forum! I've been constantly rock and fossil hunting and I have yet another question. I found this in Eastern Europe (Romania) next to a river. Is this petrified wood? Thank you!
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Hi all. I believe I’ve found some Petrified Wood encased in Amber. But I can’t be sure. So I’m asking the pros. Please look at the photos and helps me identify what I have found. I was found in Lake Country British Columbia Canada in Lake Okanagan. I was wading along the shore looking for interesting rocks when my sisters dog pulled this from the lake. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Anyway, and help identifying this would be great. Thanks.
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I found these in a forest in Germany. What are they? Petrified wood? Or just a rock/limonite? Thank you.
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Petrified wood, stalagtite, agatized bone or a hunk of quartz?
heatherhjorth posted a topic in Fossil ID
Here's something I found while rockhounding in my back yard in Richmond, VA. There are an abundance of agates in the area which is (I believe) geologically speaking, from the Cretaceous period. The striations on the broken side looked different from the other cracked quartz pieces from the area. They looked more like pores. It could be xylem from something botanical, but the rounded part makes it look like a joint. Also, on the rounded side, there is a part of it that looks like it might be where a tendon would attach to bone. There are numerous limestone caves in Virginia, so perhaps it is a stalactite? Or, maybe it's just another hunk o' quartz. I apologize for the omission of a metric ruler for scale, but I've included a US quarter for scale. (US Quarter 24.26 mm or 2.426 cm) Thanks for looking!- 2 replies
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Just not sure what I'm looking at here. I found this while searching for metiorites in northern Arizona, specifically around Holbrook, Az. I'm sure someone here might have an answer for me. So thanks in advance. I also should mention I'm new to the site so please forgive me if I posted this wrong. Thanks. J.D.
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Can someone please tell me if this is a small piece of petrified wood that I found today? Thank you.
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Looking for guidance on what to collect today. 1/2 - Could this be pet wood or is there decent potential for fossils in this piece? I put bit of lichen to mark some areas I found interesting (potential marine fossils?). I could leave in place, peel off another layer, pour done water on it, or move on? 3- About same size as 1st one. Multiple trackways or insect burrows? For now, Collect or leave it? 4- hmmm, burrow or stem looking, but all pointed in same direction. 5/6-Not sure, but does not look weathering. AHH SNIKIES! I think that is poison oak & of course I was using my glove as a make do scale Gotta get to the sink! Thanks!
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I was walking around an antique store here in Western NY this past weekend and found a ziplock bag of shells/coral for $7. The bag had a very nice Flame Helmet shell from the Caribbean, some pieces of recent beachworn coral, and this fossil wood section with polished end. Size 68mm x 40mm. The outer "bark" is chalcedony and the wood seems to me to be cypress or palm, possibly Eocene in age, I'm thinking US locality maybe Wyoming or ? I'm not an expert on petrified wood and will appreciate any help. Thanks
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Seller doesn't mention teredo or termite but it looks like there's tunnels in the wood just left/superior of the center. Am I imagining it? Limb is 5.4" in diameter, per seller.
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Below are some of the slabs/slices/limb casts of petrified wood from my collection. I'll post more pieces in latter replies. I especially like very colorful pieces and unusual pieces like Teredo bored pieces or pieces with fungus. I have hundreds of close-up pictures. If you would like to see close-up pictures of a particular piece, reply to this post with the number/numbers. If you want to see close-up pictures of some of the petrified wood pieces from this thread, check out my TFF thread at the below link: 1 Petrified Wood botryoidal agate golden calcite insect borings ostracods Eocene 50 MYA Green River Fm Blue Forest along Lake Gosiute Sweetwater County Wyoming 1.2 lbs 8.25 x6x.38 inches 2 Petrified Wood conifer Araucarioxylon arizonicum fungus Polyporites wardii early Permian late Triassic 295 to 201 MYA Chinle Fm northern Arizona 3.60 lbs 10.25x8.75x.5 inches 3 Petrified Wood Triassic 225 MYA Chinle Formation near Holbrook Arizona 745g 160 x200x12mm 4 Petrified Wood Seed Fern Rhexoxylon Triassic 220 MYA Ambilobe Madagascar 136g 3.75x2.50x.375 to .5 inches 5 Petrified Wood Araucaria conifer Monkey Puzzle Tree Triassic Age 200 to 250 MYA Acondromen Madagascar 575g 145mmx95mmx18mm 6 Petrified Wood Araucaria conifer Monkey Puzzle Tree Triassic Age 200 to 250 MYA Acondromen Madagascar 182g 4.25x3.5x.31 inches 7 Petrified Wood Araucaria conifer Monkey Puzzle Tree Triassic Age 200 to 250 MYA Acondromen Madagascar 201g 4.25x3.5x.375 inches 8 Petrified Wood Araucaria conifer Monkey Puzzle Tree Triassic Age 200 to 250 MYA Acondromen Madagascar155g 4.25x3x.375 inches 9 Petrified Wood Araucaria conifer Monkey Puzzle Tree Triassic Age 200 to 250 MYA Acondromen Madagascar157g 4.25x3.25x.375 inches 10 Teredo Bored Petrified Wood Slab Paleocene Epoch Canon Ball Formation North Dakota 2,150g 10.25x9x.625 inches 11 Petrified tree fern Tietea singularis Permian 275MYA Motuca Formation Parnaíba Basin in Filadélfia Tocantins Brazil 340 g 8 x 4.75 x.25 inches 12 Petrified Wood encased In Algae-Laurel Eocene Bridger Formation Blue Forest WY 1802g 9.5x7.75x.625 to .75 inches 13 Petrified Replacement Wood Eocene 34 to 40 MYA Clarno Formation Hampton Butte central Oregon 484g 7 x 5 x .44 inches 14 Petrified Wood Slab Woodworthia Triassic Chinle Formation Winslow AZ 408 g 5.5x4.25x.43 to.5 inches 15 Agate Petrified Wood Turkey 253g 6.25 X 3.25 X .31 inches 16 Petrified Wood Slab Cedar Miocene 15.5 MYA Wanapum Basalt Formation Saddle Mountain Washington 228g 5.5x4.25x.25 inches 17 Petrified Wood Slab Miocene 15.5 MYA Wanapum Basalt Formation Saddle Mountain Washington 361g 5.75x5x.44 inches 18 Petrified Shrinkwood Miocene Fleming Formation Live Oak County, Texas 176g 4.25x3.5x.375 inches 19 Yew Taxus sp. in Stromatolitic Algae Miocene Tonopah Nevada 3.25 x 2.5x.19 inches 20 Teredo Bored Petrified Driftwood Middle Miocene Saltos Shale Member Monterey Formation Santa Barbara Canyon near Cuyama CA 6 x 4x.625 inches 21 Petrified Wood Araucaria conifer Monkey Puzzle Tree Triassic Age 200 to 250 MYA Madagascar 572g 5.75x4x.7 inches 22 Hematite Replaced Teredo Bored Petrified Wood Eocene Yegua Formation or Cretaceous 40 to 50 MYA Lake Bryan TX 288g 7.25 x3x.44 inches 23 Petrified Wood Log Miocene Jarbridge Ryolite Formation Hubbard Basin Elko County Nevada 1061g 4.25x4x1.75 to 2.75 inches 24 Petrified Wood Triassic 225 MYA Chinle Formation Arizona 1186g 8.25x6.75x.625 inches 25 Petrified Wood Sycamore Platanus sp. Miocene Bopesta Formation Horse Canyon near Tehachapi Kern County California 271g 4x3.5x.75 inches Marco Sr.
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I found this at a Goodwill. Is this a bone? It looks like too much bark to be wood. The white part is far less dense compared to the center (darker area).
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Hey guys, yet another I..D. request from new fossil spot, which is a deep creek bed which drains a diverse area ranging from Miocene to Jurassic. Wondering if this could be fossilized wood. Any thoughts?
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I've searched the web and these forums before joining so I could post. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Appears as though it was once firewood. Shiny spot on "top" of specimen is water.
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Selling Real for Fake Fossils?
Lucid_Bot posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Everyone I've encountered on this site has been very helpful, so thank you. However, I'm in need of more help. For the last year I've been collecting real fossils in the field and selling some to pay for more exotic rocks. In a recent post I found that my Solnhofen shrimp is, if not totally, mostly fake. Now I'm quite suspicious of my entire purchased collection and was hoping you could help me identify fakes. The first two pictures are apparently Priscacara, Green River Formation, Eocene; the next two supposedly Asteroidea, Morocco, Ordovician; the last three supposedly Triassic, Arizona petrified wood--this came from the same group that sold me the fake shrimp. All help is appreciated.- 25 replies
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