garyc Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I am not a huge petrified wood collector. If I find a cool piece, I bring it home and throw it in the garden. But this piece caught my eye. Can anyone tell if this is palm or possibly snakewood? It's wet for better photography. Silverphoenix, MikeD where are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Edonihce Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 looks like palm to this non-plant guy . ____________________ scale in avatar is millimeters ____________________ Come visit Sandi, the 'Fossil Journey Cruiser' ____________________ WIPS (the Western Interior Paleontological Society - http://www.westernpaleo.org) ____________________ "Being genetically cursed with an almost inhuman sense of curiosity and wonder, I'm hard-wired to investigate even the most unlikely, uninteresting (to others anyway) and irrelevant details; often asking hypothetical questions from many angles in an attempt to understand something more thoroughly." -- Mr. Edonihce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Sure could be: LINK "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...
steve71 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 palmwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 (edited) This is definitely snakewood. A excellent, classic piece. You can tell by the oval shape and honeycomb arrangement of the vessels. Yours also has a nice set of growth rings. Edited August 25, 2012 by MikeD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh-Man Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Classic snake wood! Congrats. I'd expect that around the time of the annual show that you could sell it for a pretty penny. Maybe slab it first... Of course I don't sell stuff so I'm just speculating... What is geology? "Rocks for Jocks!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I agree with snakewood. Not Palm fibers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Classic snake wood! Congrats. I'd expect that around the time of the annual show that you could sell it for a pretty penny. Maybe slab it first... Of course I don't sell stuff so I'm just speculating... Not that i'm interested in selling, but i'm curious how much something like this would go for??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverphoenix Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 It is 100% snakewood. A nice, mature piece with excellent preservation. So far as value, that's anyone's guess as its so rare that there's not a huge market for it. Granted that there are a few knowledgeable folks who want snakewood very badly....it is worth what someone will pay for it at a given time. So far as ranking against the 19 pieces I have found so far, it is of average size, average coloration, and excellent (above average) preservation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 Thanks for weighing in Chase. I guess you guys finally made it off the beach! Hope you found something cool to make the trip worth while. I'm not really interested in selling the piece, just curious. I think I may have found a few more small pieces as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverphoenix Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Please post up those pieces when you have a chance so we can take a look. I'll be putting on a snakewood display this year and would like to put up a map with distribution information (so far as county, not specific GPS coordinates), so it would be interesting to see where all it is being found and in what concentrations. I found a bison tooth and the partial bison skeleton, so that was exciting. No artifacts though unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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