mooflyrock Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Hi all, Is there any petrified wood in the Joshua Tree, California area? I googled and couldn't find anything. I'm assuming that means it's not there. I found this rock (not in the park) and to my untrained eye it looks like petrified wood but I'm guessing that it's probably just a sedimentary rock. It's pretty hard though, not soft like the sedimentary rocks I'm familiar with up here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thanks! Heather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trickworm Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Looks more geologic to me. Can you post some more pictures of all sides? A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Hey Hi Heather, There are a lot of locations around that area that have petrified wood. Most are agatized. I can not be sure about the piece You found. Pictures of the ends and other sides would help to be sure, one way or the other. Tony 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooflyrock Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Ok, I'll try to get pics of all sides tonight when I get home. Thanks! This doesn't look agatized to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 hour ago, ynot said: Hey Hi Heather, There are a lot of locations around that area that have petrified wood. Most are agatized. I can not be sure about the piece You found. Pictures of the ends and other sides would help to be sure, one way or the other. Tony I thought collecting in that park was forbidden. Correct me if I'm wrong so I can kick myself...lol ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooflyrock Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 4 minutes ago, Raggedy Man said: I thought collecting in that park was forbidden. Correct me if I'm wrong so I can kick myself...lol I think you're right but it wasn't in the park, just nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhw Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Correct. There's no collecting in the park itself, but there's tons of open desert around it! Most of the area is considered Pleistocene, and there have been many fossil finds. I don't think pet wood is out of the question, though I'm not at all sure of your specimen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 6 hours ago, Raggedy Man said: I thought collecting in that park was forbidden. Correct me if I'm wrong so I can kick myself...lol You are correct, but there is still petrified wood there-- as well as in the surrounding lands. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooflyrock Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Here are some more pictures. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I think they are a layered sand stone that is low grade metamorphic. I do not see wood here. Tony 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooflyrock Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 hour ago, ynot said: I think they are a layered sand stone that is low grade metamorphic. I do not see wood here. Tony Ok, thanks Tony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 @ynot I have my suspicions, but do you know why they're called Joshua trees? ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooflyrock Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Raggedy Man said: @ynot I have my suspicions, but do you know why they're called Joshua trees? If it's petrified wood, it's not joshua tree petrified wood. Joshua trees aren't trees at all - they're large succulents in the yucca family. They're monocots so they don't have rings like a normal tree. This is what joshua tree petrified wood looks like: http://www.findingrocks.com/cgi-bin/viewebayitem.cgi?ebayitemid=1020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 7 hours ago, Raggedy Man said: @ynot I have my suspicions, but do you know why they're called Joshua trees? No, I have never heard any lore on that subject. What is Your thought? 6 hours ago, mooflyrock said: If it's petrified wood, it's not joshua tree petrified wood. Joshua trees aren't trees at all - they're large succulents in the yucca family. They're monocots so they don't have rings like a normal tree. This is what joshua tree petrified wood looks like: http://www.findingrocks.com/cgi-bin/viewebayitem.cgi?ebayitemid=1020 I hope nobody was suggesting that. The only place I know of that petrified Joshua tree wood can be found is in the northwest corner of Nevada. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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