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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 4, 2019 16:36:38 GMT -5
Help me out here, woodman . Or anyone else that has any thoughts on this.
To me, mine looks very much like the Hampton Buttes limb cast you recently posted (see below). But my find does not have the outer darker layer as your does. 
But this was found in California, not at Hampton Buttes. Found this at the Hauser Geode Bed area at Wiley Wells over Thanksgiving week.
As found on surface, nothing done to it other than washed the dirt off it. 5/8" diameter, 1 1/4 overall length.
Has a small branch sticking off one end.
Suppose it could be a root cast? Or would roots even have concentric lines?
I defer to your expertise in things petrified. Thank you!
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Post by woodman on Jan 4, 2019 18:03:58 GMT -5
Roots also have growth rings, what they don't have is pith in the center. Yours look like nice cast of limb or root. looks to filled with agate over being petrified. One would hve to polish the end and take a close look for any pores, but don't think you will find any. the outer banding on mine has nothing to do with what it was, just how it filled with agate. My digging buddy and myself were talking about ours could have been roots also. way too may the same size. Did find the 4 incher cast in t he same spot. will go back and dig more at that location.
I think I would leave that one as it is for a fine specimen.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2019 18:16:35 GMT -5
I'm fairly certain that what you have there is a good lesson in what happens to your pipes if you keep dumping the used water/oil from your saw down the drain  |
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Post by quartz on Jan 4, 2019 20:07:54 GMT -5
Nice piece you found there. Given the right conditions, limb casts can form almost anywhere, Carol picked one up about the size of yours 30 miles S.W. of here, a good 160 miles as the crow flies from Hampton Butte or Congleton Hollow, where most of that sort of material is found in Oregon.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 5, 2019 7:39:00 GMT -5
Roots also have growth rings, what they don't have is pith in the center. Yours look like nice cast of limb or root. looks to filled with agate over being petrified. One would hve to polish the end and take a close look for any pores, but don't think you will find any. the outer banding on mine has nothing to do with what it was, just how it filled with agate. My digging buddy and myself were talking about ours could have been roots also. way too may the same size. Did find the 4 incher cast in t he same spot. will go back and dig more at that location. I think I would leave that one as it is for a fine specimen. Thank you for confirming, woodman. Yes, definitely agate filled. I like the texture and small sparkles of the outer surface. This is the only one found. It will stay an untouched specimen. Thanks again. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 5, 2019 7:41:20 GMT -5
I'm fairly certain that what you have there is a good lesson in what happens to your pipes if you keep dumping the used water/oil from your saw down the drain Ha ha @rocks2dust! Yes, can just envision that. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 5, 2019 7:54:55 GMT -5
Nice piece you found there. Given the right conditions, limb casts can form almost anywhere, Carol picked one up about the size of yours 30 miles S.W. of here, a good 160 miles as the crow flies from Hampton Butte or Congleton Hollow, where most of that sort of material is found in Oregon. Thank you, Larry. When first found, I thought it was a tube agate of some sort. Did not think limb cast until seeing woodman 's post. There is a wide assortment of agatized material there. I could walk around out there for days just surface collecting. Others we were with spent their time digging for geodes. Too much like work! Thanksgiving is always a popular time to go there, but because the area is so large, you pretty much have the place to yourself. No one around to ask if I am looking for my keys, lol. Thanks for the comment. |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 5, 2019 11:24:04 GMT -5
Beautiful Limbcast….Score!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 5, 2019 11:46:58 GMT -5
Thanks, Mike Fossilman. Another specimen to add to the collection and gather dust, lol. |
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Post by drocknut on Jan 5, 2019 12:07:29 GMT -5
Very cool find. Maybe you need to dust more often if your rocks are collecting dust....LOL.
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Post by fernwood on Jan 5, 2019 18:46:47 GMT -5
An excellent find. And, once again, the "eye" to recognize something very special.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 5, 2019 22:52:42 GMT -5
An excellent find. And, once again, the "eye" to recognize something very special. Thank you. I was thinking mrrockpicker had found this one, I was going to give credit where credit is due. But then remembered that I was the one that spied it, lol! We went for a day trip out to Ocotillo Wells a week ago, spent the entire days foraging for rocks. Have pics of several interesting ones I need to post. We are a little competitive, when it comes to who has the best find. He found a very nice coral fossil. But I found something special that may be even better. Will try to get those posted soon. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 5, 2019 22:53:45 GMT -5
Very cool find. Maybe you need to dust more often if your rocks are collecting dust....LOL. Thanks, Diane. At my house, dust is a noun, not a verb, lol. |
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Post by dreamrocks on Jan 9, 2019 21:39:12 GMT -5
That is a sweet specimen find, agate of any kind I say. I wish i had goodies like that here to hunt for
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