crazysanman
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 7, 2017 10:23:01 GMT -5
Yeah, those are beautiful. I didn't find anything close to that, only solid red, white, and pale blue. The ground level at Yellowcat is Jurassic era, and the people working in the Moab Rock Shop told me there is a lot of dino material out there.
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Post by fernwood on Dec 7, 2017 18:30:51 GMT -5
# 3, 1st post, is almost identical to some of the Pet Wood from the Navajo Res in NE AZ. The two upper pieces are identical to some of my finds. I have lots of it I collected while living there. Nazlini area. Some pieces have the bark, some do not. I've seen some pictures of similar-looking petrified wood, and I'm hesitant to call this stuff agate because of the lack of any kind of banding in it. Some of the pieces I've found on this and other trips there are large. One camping trip in the Moab area I came upon a fire ring that had three football-sized pieces of this material as part of the ring. At that time I was doing a lot of flint knapping and assumed it to be chert. Here is a photo of three of my finds in the Tribal Pet wood "Dump" I was given access to. Of course I was accompanied by some Tribal Elders.
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crazysanman
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 7, 2017 19:36:02 GMT -5
I've seen some pictures of similar-looking petrified wood, and I'm hesitant to call this stuff agate because of the lack of any kind of banding in it. Some of the pieces I've found on this and other trips there are large. One camping trip in the Moab area I came upon a fire ring that had three football-sized pieces of this material as part of the ring. At that time I was doing a lot of flint knapping and assumed it to be chert. Here is a photo of three of my finds in the Tribal Pet wood "Dump" I was given access to. Of course I was accompanied by some Tribal Elders. Nice!
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Post by fernwood on Dec 7, 2017 20:17:16 GMT -5
Here is a photo of three of my finds in the Tribal Pet wood "Dump" I was given access to. Of course I was accompanied by some Tribal Elders. Nice! These have a similar appearance to some of your finds. Know that there is Pet Wood in Utah. I also have some more reddish ones.
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Post by 1dave on Dec 7, 2017 20:24:14 GMT -5
Yep, lots of agate. try to scratch with a knife blade for a quick test. May have some milky quartz, selenite, calcite.
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crazysanman
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Post by crazysanman on Dec 8, 2017 8:05:33 GMT -5
These have a similar appearance to some of your finds. Know that there is Pet Wood in Utah. I also have some more reddish ones. I've got some petrified wood from another trip that I found down near Hanksville. I'll post some pictures of that material when I get home today. It's similar but different from what I found at Yellowcat.
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Post by adam on Dec 8, 2017 8:26:48 GMT -5
Agate? Photo 8 Ungh, that's some scrumptious looking agate. Or is it agatized something something?
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