dillonf
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Post by dillonf on Feb 5, 2022 20:34:32 GMT -5
Here are some rocks we collected in a creek in the Texas Hill Country. I think a few specimens are petrified wood, but I could be mistaken. Any info or advice would be appreciated. Central Texas Creek RocksThe rocks are wet so colors can be seen - we plan on tumbling them sometime . . . not sure quite when. We are going to do some Sea Jasper for our next run, so it will be a while. Cheers!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 5, 2022 20:56:48 GMT -5
Some nice finds! Wish I could help you out with some IDs, but some of the Texas folks should be able to help.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 5, 2022 22:34:37 GMT -5
We're in Gillespie County and we do rarely find a piece of petrified wood in our ranch creeks. Most the stuff that looks like wood though, is actually banded chert of various sorts. Pedernales Chert is very wood looking. Your material looks like chert to me. Kind of depends on where in the hill county you are. I was on one ranch where the whole hill was pet wood but it was not good quality but I've had folks show me some beautiful agatized limb sections too. Now four hours southeast of here, near George West, gem quality wood is all over the place.
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 5, 2022 22:40:15 GMT -5
I can't wait to see what those look like tumbled! They look pretty cool wet. Thanks for posting these!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 5, 2022 22:49:15 GMT -5
I should have added, Hill Country chert is hard and tumbles very well. In some areas it's very colorful and can contain nice fossils too.
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dillonf
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Post by dillonf on Feb 6, 2022 8:10:39 GMT -5
Thanks Sabre52! I appreciate the information. Guess we will have to put George West on the short list of places to visit. Right now we are collecting rocks way faster than we can tumble them - gonna have to get another tumbler soon.
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Feb 10, 2022 21:52:42 GMT -5
Great pics! Very in focus. Neat material too!
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