Foshunter Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Knew there was some more pieces of different colors, have a piece of polished palm wood somewhere it's nice.--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 That's so cool! Looks like candy "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Very nice! See if you can dig up that palmwood piece.Tera found a small chunk of palmwood a couple of weeks ago at the Sulphur. Palmwood and Snakewood are the PET wood standouts from Tx and they are few and far between. After seeing your specimens I definately need to get my tumbler a tumblin. Tracer, what kind of mediums do you reccommend for the wood from the Sulphur??? A local rock shop around the corner from me has 4 or 5 different grits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Tracer, what kind of mediums do you reccommend for the wood from the Sulphur??? A local rock shop around the corner from me has 4 or 5 different grits. different people swear by different things. the lortone 4-part "kit" will work. link depends on how much you want to spend and how long you want it to take. 60/90 does all the work, 120/220 removes big scratches from all the work, (consider in-between grade here), 600 is really getting you somewhere close to being called "polished", and anything finer is a plus before you jump to a polish, like cerium oxide. the final polishing compound preference is where the debate tends to be heaviest i think. i've buffered the last two stages with plastic beads to avoid the rocks dinging each other. the key issue during each stage is how long it's run and how clean the rocks and tumbler were from the previous stage. any leftover coarser grit just keeps on scratching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Very nice! See if you can dig up that palmwood piece.Tera found a small chunk of palmwood a couple of weeks ago at the Sulphur. Palmwood and Snakewood are the PET wood standouts from Tx and they are few and far between. After seeing your specimens I definately need to get my tumbler a tumblin. Tracer, what kind of mediums do you reccommend for the wood from the Sulphur??? A local rock shop around the corner from me has 4 or 5 different grits. I know you like snakes Mr. Crawler but what the heck is snakewood ?--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I know you like snakes Mr. Crawler but what the heck is snakewood ?--Tom It's a petrified wood that has a pattern that resembles snake skin. That's about all I know about it. I have seen only one piece in person and it belongs to forum member Oh-Man. It has a beautiful pattern when polished. I'm assuming it is a rarer find than golden palmwood. I searched online about it and didn't find what exact species it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MikeD Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Check this post for a few pictures. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php/topic/4745-snakewood-in-cs/page__p__51647__hl__snakewood__fromsearch__1#entry51647 I need to photograph mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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