Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 30, 2013 9:30:58 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Had a little time yesterday so I cut some more of our Texas wood. More palm in the batch than I thought but still not very showy. Here are pics from yesterdays session....Mel Little palm sections that will go straight to the tumbler for pendant stones for the kiddies; Dark Palm: Not sure this is palm but very pretty translucent wood. Vascular bundles throughout section but kind of in bands so it might be a dicot. Partially decomposed palm of some kind but very tiny vascular bundles: And finally, this is pocket rot ( dino bone) wood. I sure wish this was easier to find. I'm lucky if I find a single well replaced piece each trip.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 30, 2013 10:39:28 GMT -5
I see the bands in #3.Duh,never thought about growth rings-none in palm,telling.I found a few with the 'palm dots' that had skin like a tree.Never thought about annular patterns Any preservation,showy or not fascinates me from biology standpoint. Those qualify for sure-it's good Mel.
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riverbendlapidary
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Apr 30, 2013 12:17:08 GMT -5
great stuff!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 30, 2013 15:11:09 GMT -5
James, what is most confusing is that palm can have rings in it if you look at it in cross section and I find quite a bit of this type of wood which sure does look palmy on the exterior. I suppose it might be a monocot other than the common Palmoxylon, like yucca, agave, palmetto etc. Again, we need someone out there to make an ID guide for the pet wood of Texas....Mel
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Apr 30, 2013 16:26:01 GMT -5
There is all sorts of crazy petrified wood/palm/vine in that area. Some of it is so replaced with agate you can't tell what it is. I just got through doing a palm cab from that area and it kicked my butt - that stuff is hard and tough!!!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 30, 2013 19:01:56 GMT -5
It is a smorgasborg of plants to be revealed.Lots of variety.
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Apr 30, 2013 22:12:57 GMT -5
The third one is from a hardwood tree.
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Post by Sabre52 on May 1, 2013 13:40:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the info Daniel. I may have more for you to ID in the future. Found an outrageous big hunk of palm that was all covered by caliche when I was going through the pile some more yesterday...Mel
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on May 1, 2013 22:36:58 GMT -5
I took wood ID in Forestry School a Loooong time ago, but I seem to recall that as some kind of diffuse porous or semi-ring porous hardwood. I'm not an expert by any means though. To me the pores seem awfully tiny to be the vascular bundles of a palm. You're right though. There are a lot of things that aren't "wood" as we mean it, but are the woody part of something that doesn't look like a tree at all. Under the right circumstances, all kinds of stems might become petrified, and very few people are familiar with a cross-sectional view of anything other than a tree.
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Post by tandl on May 1, 2013 23:18:23 GMT -5
Cool ! Yeah have some petrified compressed masses of leaves that at first appeared to be wood . Cordaites fern.
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Post by beefjello on May 3, 2013 8:22:37 GMT -5
Beautiful stuff Mel! That pocket rot is a terrific piece.
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