diginupbones Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Please give me any info you can on this. This is the most beautiful piece of petrified wood I have ever found. Any idea on age or type of wood etc.? Is the white outer covering volcanic ash? Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Nice piece. The outer layer of white is an oxidized skin of the material that replaced the wood (could be opal or agate). If it is light for its size and feels "waxy" it is probably opalite. In order to identify wood You have to look at the microscopic cell structures. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Where was it found? Nebraska is a pretty big place. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diginupbones Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Great info! Most of the stuff I find is in North Central Nebraska in the heart of the sandhills area. The place I found this in, I would call a valley/drainage area covered in vegetation heading to a river. Pretty loose sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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