rockhound97058
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Thundereggs - Oregons Official State Rock!
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Post by rockhound97058 on Mar 11, 2012 22:36:12 GMT -5
Here's a piece of wood I've had in my collection for years. When I got this I cut a few thin slabs and gave away a few to friends for ID. I did have someone recently tell me it was from Hampton Butte? However I've never seen anything like it from there. Any idea's? The piece originally came from a collection in Washington State. Size is 6" x 8" roughly guessing without digging it out and measuring again. Jason
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rockingthenorth
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by rockingthenorth on Mar 11, 2012 22:37:57 GMT -5
Pretty stuff
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sticksinstones
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Post by sticksinstones on Mar 11, 2012 22:57:54 GMT -5
Yep, definitely Hampton Butte. A lot of the wood found there is more decomposed (or in the process of getting there) than a lot of other sites. I've always suspected that it was because it was buried somewhat shallow and not completely oxygen deprived, but that's a very wild guess at best. But those sorts of fibrous displays aren't uncommon for this particular forest. If you get it under enough magnification, you can probably still see enough of the wood structure in those green areas to take a reasonable guess at the species it was before it was buried. The site can vary quite a bit and certainly only a minor (and desirable - particularly with the red accents) subset of the pieces produce this starburst pattern, but here are some examples of other pieces I've recently done from this site that are similar: And a recent set of bookends that took advantage of the effect: Nice piece with great color. Definitely a piece worth holding on to!
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rockhound97058
freely admits to licking rocks
Thundereggs - Oregons Official State Rock!
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Post by rockhound97058 on Mar 12, 2012 0:02:36 GMT -5
Interesting - Appreciate it much. I've never actually dug Hampton area - I'm always headed to Glass Butte... I have cut and polished a bunch of HB Wood - but it's all the green and red softer material (chunks). One of these days I'll have to visit the area and see what's available for digging.
Thanks again and thanks for sharing your photo's
Jason
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Mar 12, 2012 7:13:37 GMT -5
Jason that is a gorgeous piece of wood! I love just the swirls of colors in it!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 12, 2012 11:01:09 GMT -5
Awesome piece!!! I have two pieces from Hampton Butte too............The green color really pops!!! Only three places in the world to find green petwood and Hampton Butte is one of them!
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sticksinstones
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Post by sticksinstones on Mar 12, 2012 11:26:12 GMT -5
Just three? I might be able to come up with a couple more than that...
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