I have been rock hounding for > Than a year so Im not the best @ figuring out what Exactly it is that I bring home lol I just keep the pretty,unusual,and ones that ? speak to me? so I?m hope n that someone can tell me what has formed on this piece of petrified wood that I have collected ......thanks
My grandpa use to help me identify my finds this and my previous post shows the two we were working on identifying when he died in July. I thought I should continue what we started. The first he thought was a diamond based on our tests. He thought this (shown in attachment) was corprolite...
Hello! This is a piece of pet wood from my grandpa's collection, which I have inherited. Think the actual plant fossil is the agatized middle and the outer green material is a fossilized matrix of some sort. I believe it's from either Arizona, Nevada, or Oregon, knowing my grandpa and where he...
Hi there,
I'm wondering if someone could help with a couple things. I was searching for petrified wood just south of Ellensburg, WA and ended up finding quite a bit. When I went home and washed it all, I realized a few pieces were some sort of stone tool. I'm just wondering if anyone knows the...
Found these two rocks today!
This first one is just a normale quartz rock but I thought the way to quartz looked was really neat. It reminds me of a black & white tree frond. And on the other side is a swirl pattern.
But the coolest find was this one! It looks to have an extremely clear white...
Hello, Im looking for some petrified wood,I'm a Wood Worker and I'm making a special pen for my dad for him graduating with his masters degree, Im having a hard time locating a piece of petrified wood with the thickness that is needed to make a pen, I know that petrified wood isn't actually...
I'm having trouble remembering where this came from. I have to refer to my notes but I thought i'd see if anyone recognized what it could be in the short term.
Thank you very much, any help is appreciated!
Just a few Images of some of the stones I find while walking to and from the Library..
Image: Common limestone (Host Stone) with well formed crystal noduals..
Image: Very Uncommon Find.. This petrified Wood has turned opalized in some areas..