jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 5, 2019 5:28:04 GMT -5
The variety of woody fossils in Texas is amazing. For instance there is probably less than a dozen native palms presently in the US but over 400 fossil palms have been identified in Texas. These found in South Texas:
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Post by RocksInNJ on Dec 5, 2019 8:43:06 GMT -5
Smh! I guess nothing good rock wise ever happened in southern New Jersey. Maybe I need to go back to metal detecting. Lol. I’d be in heaven metal detecting out on Oak Island and finding me some top pocket Bobby dazzlers. But yet again, not New Jersey.
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 5, 2019 10:37:11 GMT -5
Yuppers and HOLY MOLY!!
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Post by julieooly on Dec 5, 2019 10:50:56 GMT -5
Beautiful, thanks for sharing
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Post by rmf on Dec 6, 2019 11:54:14 GMT -5
jamesp Where is the source for this info. I am interested in Info and larger images.
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Post by roy on Dec 6, 2019 12:01:52 GMT -5
overload ! slobber fest
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 6, 2019 14:34:20 GMT -5
jamesp Where is the source for this info. I am interested in Info and larger images. If you want to see a fine Texas 'wood' collection see Darwin Dillon on flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/97769244@N00/albums/with/72157614687219870I can't help with the taxonomy but I can supply better photos rmf. I doubt half of these rocks are actually wood, many bizarre biological structures. No telling what was growing back then and how many species. Obviously it was a complex crop. A few of these rocks are not fossilizations. Many of the ones that look suspect had an outer rind or shape that was most likely fossil plant matter. The rind and shape helps identify the rock as fossil plant matter, not just the center. My big photos: www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/sets/72157673525247354
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Post by jamesp on Dec 6, 2019 19:26:25 GMT -5
Texas holds it's own in agates and woods Roy. This is just one small corner of the state.
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Post by RocksInNJ on Dec 7, 2019 0:04:31 GMT -5
Texas holds it's own in agates and woods Roy. This is just one small corner of the state. And cheerleaders too.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 7, 2019 4:04:29 GMT -5
Beautiful ladies down on the border too RocksInNJ !
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Post by jamesp on Dec 7, 2019 10:45:44 GMT -5
You can walk up on a few acres peppered in petrified wood and the adjacent land will have little petrified wood. There were areas where limestone like rock was exposed where petrified wood was everywhere. It made no sense. Most of the dense areas was low grade blackl/brown/grey wood. The few palms found were usually of high quality. No idea why.
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whyofquartz
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Post by whyofquartz on Dec 9, 2019 13:28:34 GMT -5
when I was doing Pipeline around Three Rivers, near Lake Corpus Christi, I found gobs of PW in the caliche. I mean it makes a kind of sense, Limestone is decomposed shellfish and reef and if a tree falls in the ocean it is bound to end up in a reef. I will make a point to sort out my wood fossils real soon
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Post by jamesp on Dec 27, 2019 15:12:21 GMT -5
when I was doing Pipeline around Three Rivers, near Lake Corpus Christi, I found gobs of PW in the caliche. I mean it makes a kind of sense, Limestone is decomposed shellfish and reef and if a tree falls in the ocean it is bound to end up in a reef. I will make a point to sort out my wood fossils real soon Your Texas is an interesting mix of rocks including some well preserved wood. The high places close to the Rio Grande seemed to have wood native to Texas. Counties say 50 to 100 miles north like Live Oak are rich in Texas wood. As you get within a few miles of the Rio and lower the rocks change quickly to a wide variety of fancy rocks washed down the Rio from New Mexico, Mexico, west Texas, maybe S Colorado including woods. The shores of Lake Falcon are a gold mine for agates and wood. If you have a boat you will really score.
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Post by whyofquartz on Dec 27, 2019 15:57:40 GMT -5
Texas holds it's own in agates and woods Roy. This is just one small corner of the state. And cheerleaders too. I can't send you Cheerleaders but I'll see about making sure you get some petrified wood there NJ
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Post by RocksInNJ on Dec 27, 2019 22:51:46 GMT -5
And cheerleaders too. I can't send you Cheerleaders but I'll see about making sure you get some petrified wood there NJ trying to be a good boy.Wood is good. Plus at my age I might hurt myself trying to tumble a cheerleader.
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Post by rmf on Jan 2, 2020 20:50:17 GMT -5
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