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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 22, 2024 23:16:31 GMT -5
Was over at a customer's house the other day. Saw this and HAD to get a picture! Supposedly this is from here in South Dakota...but I've never seen anything like it!! It appears to be opalized... ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719115472/ve6psilcxjkoeukqd2mz.jpg) ![(passout)](//storage.proboards.com/1258779/images/VFmIjxHfnLRdCcVcygGL.gif) That is gorgeous!
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 22, 2024 23:19:59 GMT -5
Was over at a customer's house the other day. Saw this and HAD to get a picture! Supposedly this is from here in South Dakota...but I've never seen anything like it!! It appears to be opalized... ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719115472/ve6psilcxjkoeukqd2mz.jpg) ![(passout)](//storage.proboards.com/1258779/images/aLNMlVmCGZsCevWzfRfV.gif) That is gorgeous! No kidding, right!?!? My jaw dropped when I saw it. They have it kind of behind a little bush...so it isn't readily seen...but I spotted it right away! LOL I'm going to post some more pictures of some petrified wood...hopefully tomorrow. My boss was wanting to "get rid" of the petrified wood he had along his driveway. It's nothing like this...but also unlike anything else I've seen from this area!! So...I snagged it...like a ton of gorgeous pieces!!
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Post by victor1941 on Jun 23, 2024 8:51:12 GMT -5
Jasoninsd, that wood needs to be over at your house!
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 23, 2024 17:26:13 GMT -5
Jasoninsd, that wood needs to be over at your house! There's a couple little pieces that came off the log. I couldn't even convince her to cough those up! LOL
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 23, 2024 17:33:53 GMT -5
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 23, 2024 18:58:29 GMT -5
These are so cool! You shall check with your boss from time to time if there is anything else they want to throw away...
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 23, 2024 22:45:19 GMT -5
I need a close up picture of that purple-pink goodness in the center, wet please. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/doafkfybl/image/upload/v1719200712/fvidqf4pdzv0c1cuaaki.jpg)
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 24, 2024 11:02:52 GMT -5
I need a close up picture of that purple-pink goodness in the center, wet please. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/doafkfybl/image/upload/v1719200712/fvidqf4pdzv0c1cuaaki.jpg) That's the part that's throwing me for a complete loop! I'll get some better pictures tonight...when I get done slaving the day away for "the man"! LOL
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 24, 2024 19:28:59 GMT -5
I need a close up picture of that purple-pink goodness in the center, wet please. Okay...here's some pics of whatever the heck this is... ETA - It does seem to have an iridescence to it... ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719275303/mt40lr3qvw8w2e45bshz.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719275304/h9egj8lqhstqblqqaioq.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719275304/hzosm3jp1lzhootzouhy.jpg)
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 24, 2024 20:57:57 GMT -5
Thanks for the pics. ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png) The second picture (wet) looks like AZ rainbow wood to me. Those are the right colors for it.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 24, 2024 21:04:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the pics. ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png) The second picture (wet) looks like AZ rainbow wood to me. Those are the right colors for it. Pretty amazing if these are Arizona based. I think they were at the house when he (my boss) bought it 17 years ago. So...maybe...I guess there's always a possibility...
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Post by chris1956 on Jun 24, 2024 21:08:35 GMT -5
People throw away the best stuff!
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Post by cabby on Jul 13, 2024 8:38:31 GMT -5
Already showed this when I “revealed” it, but since it’s my only pet wood so far…. Arizona rainbow wood, maybe? Big slab, 1” thick, but tons of fractures. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720877869/i1g9lz7xygyfe7jiggee.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720877872/fdtxi6o357oymrw5cvhz.jpg)
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 13, 2024 10:07:47 GMT -5
I need a close up picture of that purple-pink goodness in the center, wet please. Okay...here's some pics of whatever the heck this is... ETA - It does seem to have an iridescence to it... ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719275303/mt40lr3qvw8w2e45bshz.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719275304/h9egj8lqhstqblqqaioq.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719275304/hzosm3jp1lzhootzouhy.jpg) Jason, I've seen a fair bit of wood with that mysterious feature and I'm confident it's where a crack had filled with chalcedony/opal and later the piece fell apart leaving the layer on one side. I see this a lot with stromatolites also.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 13, 2024 16:34:40 GMT -5
Okay...here's some pics of whatever the heck this is... ETA - It does seem to have an iridescence to it... ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719275303/mt40lr3qvw8w2e45bshz.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719275304/h9egj8lqhstqblqqaioq.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dm7ae3itr/image/upload/v1719275304/hzosm3jp1lzhootzouhy.jpg) Jason, I've seen a fair bit of wood with that mysterious feature and I'm confident it's where a crack had filled with chalcedony/opal and later the piece fell apart leaving the layer on one side. I see this a lot with stromatolites also. Randy, Thanks for saying something about this! It's been driving me crazy* wondering about those spots!! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) *More than my "normal" crazy! LOL
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Post by woodman on Jul 28, 2024 16:31:52 GMT -5
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1722202258/rtxmg7trco7zedtc4guj.jpg) Hard to beat a good Hubbard Basin Slab. Got this one a while back, could not pass it up.
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Post by cabby on Aug 31, 2024 9:36:16 GMT -5
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