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Post by Toad on Dec 22, 2010 10:41:30 GMT -5
Beetles
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Dec 22, 2010 11:32:53 GMT -5
Thanks! That was fast. I put "beetles petrified wood" in Google and found out that this isn't exactly an unknown or unusual event...but I hate to think how long I'd be wondering about it if someone didn't give me a hint. :-)
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Post by Toad on Dec 25, 2010 7:04:04 GMT -5
I guessed right??? Woohoo!
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Post by peachfront on Dec 25, 2010 15:38:28 GMT -5
An informed guess can be surprisingly accurate! Thanks again and have a great holiday!!!
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Post by Jack, lapidaryrough on Dec 25, 2010 22:11:19 GMT -5
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stoneviews
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Post by stoneviews on Dec 26, 2010 10:10:33 GMT -5
Maybe??
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Post by snuffy on Dec 26, 2010 20:24:10 GMT -5
Carpenter bees most likely. There was a local watering hole that had huge cedar tree trunks as support for the upstairs living quarters. Customers,yeah me included,would stand by the trunks,playing with the bee holes that were interspersed where the limbs had been cut off.Was told carpenter bees made them.
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 15, 2011 13:28:30 GMT -5
Alot of pet wood in North Dakota that had worm holes in the wood.
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Post by franzibear on Feb 13, 2011 21:09:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd concur that its beetles or worms. They look kinda big to be worm holes, so I'd guess beetles?
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Post by rockwizz on Mar 21, 2011 23:45:07 GMT -5
Hi, that is really nice piece of pet wood, a lot different than what we get in Utah...does it tumble nice?
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Mar 22, 2011 22:38:05 GMT -5
If it became fossilized in a swamp or under a fresh water lake, it would probably be insect damage.
Toredos (a mollusk), and gribbles (a crustacean) both bore holes in wood that's under sea water. It could be that, but then it would pretty much have to be wood that was fossilized under the sea. Any wood washed out to sea though could have insect damage.
If you have an idea what formation produced the pet wood, you might be able to narrow it down.
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Post by johnjsgems on Mar 23, 2011 20:22:11 GMT -5
Nail holes from the "NO TRESPASSING" signs.
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Mar 23, 2011 22:31:55 GMT -5
They don't use "NO TRESPASSING" signs in Mississippi, it's bullet holes.
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