ziggycardon Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 Hi everyone, A few months back I bought this piece of Petrified Wood from the pet store where I work, seems like you can find fossils at the most unlikely places. It's a piece of petrified wood that's often sold in petstores as a aquarium ornament, I've seen them in plenty other stores as well as in pretty much every online store that sells aquarium supplies. All the pieces I've seen in stores and in webshops seems to be preserved in the same way, so I guess they are all found in the same location. But obviously I don't know the location, age or ID of this specimen. I know you can't ID fossil wood without a location, but I did some research and since this type of petrified wood is sold all over the world in petshops for use in aquaria maybe someone here knows where exactly? The wood is also preserved as quartz My research also found that some shop sell them as Burmese Petrified Wood, not sure whether it is really where it comes from, but it might be a start? So I am really hoping if anyone could help me figure out the location or age of this petrified wood, species ID would be cool too but the age is what I am most curious about. Thanks in advance! Interested in all things paleontology, geology, zoology, evolution, natural history and science! Professional exotic pet keeper, huge fantasy geek, explorer of the microfossil realm, member of the BVP (Belgian Association for Paleontology), volunteer prepper at Oertijdmuseum Boxtel. View my collection topic here: The Growing Collection of Ziggycardon Ziggycardon's exploration of the microfossil realm Trips to Eben Emael (Maastrichtian of Belgium) My latest fossil hunt Next project will be a dedicated prepping space. "A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge." - Tyrion Lannister
Fossildude19 Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 "Petrified Wood - Indonesia Indonesia has the largest deposit of petrified wood in the world, larger than Brazil, Arizona or even China. Indonesian Petrified Wood is from ancient teak (hardwood) trees that turned to stone. The petrified wood is from trees approximately 20 million years old. Minerals present in the mud and water prior to and during the petrification process leached into the wood giving it color." LINK 5 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
ziggycardon Posted January 27, 2020 Author Posted January 27, 2020 9 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: "Petrified Wood - Indonesia Indonesia has the largest deposit of petrified wood in the world, larger than Brazil, Arizona or even China. Indonesian Petrified Wood is from ancient teak (hardwood) trees that turned to stone. The petrified wood is from trees approximately 20 million years old. Minerals present in the mud and water prior to and during the petrification process leached into the wood giving it color." LINK Thank you, I think you are right! The preservation on the specimens in these images from Indonesia match the one I have here at home. Due to the massive sales and low prices on these, I did suspect they came from somewhere in Asia, but I am glad now to know they probably came from Indonesia and are Miocene in age https://gadogadointl.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/petrified-wood.jpg?w=720&h=539 https://www.naturalhistorycuriosities.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/petrified-forest-186864_640.jpg 1 Interested in all things paleontology, geology, zoology, evolution, natural history and science! Professional exotic pet keeper, huge fantasy geek, explorer of the microfossil realm, member of the BVP (Belgian Association for Paleontology), volunteer prepper at Oertijdmuseum Boxtel. View my collection topic here: The Growing Collection of Ziggycardon Ziggycardon's exploration of the microfossil realm Trips to Eben Emael (Maastrichtian of Belgium) My latest fossil hunt Next project will be a dedicated prepping space. "A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge." - Tyrion Lannister
Bobby Rico Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 Hi Ziggy I am with Tim I also think it is Indonesian wood. I have a couple of prices myself in my wood collection . Is your piece got flat cut ends ? If so you could polish one end it bring out the pattern. Nice specimen anyhoo. cheers Bobby 2
FossilNerd Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, ziggycardon said: A few months back I bought this piece of Petrified Wood from the pet store where I work, seems like you can find fossils at the most unlikely places. You found this at the pet store?! I’m going around to all my local pet shops tomorrow! The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy)
westcoast Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 7 hours ago, FossilNerd said: You found this at the pet store?! I’m going around to all my local pet shops tomorrow! Where else would you expect to find pet wood?
FossilNerd Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, westcoast said: Where else would you expect to find pet wood? Good point! The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy)
ziggycardon Posted January 28, 2020 Author Posted January 28, 2020 19 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: Hi Ziggy I am with Tim I also think it is Indonesian wood. I have a couple of prices myself in my wood collection . Is your piece got flat cut ends ? If so you could polish one end it bring out the pattern. Nice specimen anyhoo. cheers Bobby Yes it has 2 flat sides, so I might polish on of them, might be cool to see some patterning 19 hours ago, FossilNerd said: You found this at the pet store?! I’m going around to all my local pet shops tomorrow! Yes indeed, If your local pet store has a large aquarium section and sells natural stone for aquarium use, a good chance these are among them 11 hours ago, westcoast said: Where else would you expect to find pet wood? Interested in all things paleontology, geology, zoology, evolution, natural history and science! Professional exotic pet keeper, huge fantasy geek, explorer of the microfossil realm, member of the BVP (Belgian Association for Paleontology), volunteer prepper at Oertijdmuseum Boxtel. View my collection topic here: The Growing Collection of Ziggycardon Ziggycardon's exploration of the microfossil realm Trips to Eben Emael (Maastrichtian of Belgium) My latest fossil hunt Next project will be a dedicated prepping space. "A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge." - Tyrion Lannister
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