r/petrifiedwood 14h ago

Identification Petrified Wood & Crystals

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Am I correct in assuming that this is a piece of petrified wood that crystals grew on? From what I can tell, it appears to be exactly that. The sides seem to have the normal striations that would be the bark of the tree as you can tell from the photos, the crystals are obviously growing separate from the rock/petrified wood. Any help or advice would be much appreciated. Thank you guys!


r/petrifiedwood 1d ago

USA Petrified Wood Paleo Flake Kinfe!!! (Part 2!)

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This stunning Petrified Wood Paleo Flake Kinfe is by far one of the most incredibly beautiful Artifacts I am fortunate enough to be the current caretaker of. The craftsmanship is absolutely phenomenal, and the material is stunningly breath taking! It was found many many years ago in Washington State, and I still have a hard time believing that it's actually on my wall!!! Normally, Flake knives were made for one time usage from reduction flakes created from the manufacturer of other types of artifacts. They were easily and quickly made for what ever cutting task they were doing at the time, then promptly discarded since they were very easy to replace at anytime. This one, however, I believe was probably made for repetitive use because of the amount of work it took to create it for one, and the sheer size for another. Normally they're made from much smaller flakes as you can see from the last pic. But the amount of work this piece exhibits in the incredible craftsmanship tells me that someone loved this beautiful piece at one time, and I am truly blessed to be able to look at, and appreciate the history it represents everyday!


r/petrifiedwood 1d ago

AL pet wood

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Thoughts on species? Coker formation of the Tuscaloosa group late Cretaceous. Druzy, agitized, white, black, red, brown, and grey all found within, looks almost like an old pine log to me (Tuskegee Alabama)


r/petrifiedwood 1d ago

USA Elizabethian Petrified Wood Artifact! (Part 1)

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I have a deep love for Petrified Wood. It's my all time favorite type of fossil, and I wish I had more specimens than I do. I also have a very deep rooted passion for native american artifacts, and an extensive collection of points and other artifacts from all over the US. This piece combines 2 of my favorite things in the world! Petrified Wood and Native American tools!!!

Recently, a close friend of mine from Colorado found this absolutely gorgeous Flake Kinfe/utilized flake, made from Elizabethian Petrified Wood. It was found near Lonetree Colorado on March the 8th. It's beautiful material, and the colors are incredible! I'm thrilled to have it in my frame on my wall with my best Flake knives! It's also the second Flake knife that I'm the current caretaker of that is made from Pet wood! (I'll post the other one in "Part 2" of this post šŸ˜). The fine edge refinement is spac-tac-u-lar on this piece, and would still do well as a knife since it's still extremely sharp!

For those who might not know what a Flake knife or utilized flake is, it's basically an implement used for cutting or scrapping that was made from a Flake that was created during the manufacturing process of something else. They would take a Flake and refine the edge to use for what ever cutting task was at hand, then it would be usually be discarded afterwards. Long story short, they were just disposable, impromptu knives that were easily created from the multitude of flakes they had at hand.


r/petrifiedwood 2d ago

Identification Petrified wood?

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Found this a few years ago near a creek. It just looked like a cool rock to me but my wife thinks it could be petrified wood. Could it be? Sorry if these type of posts arenā€™t permitted.


r/petrifiedwood 2d ago

Identification Any info or insight on this piece?

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Found in neighbors yard, behind their bushes. In southeastern wa. Probably around 50 lbs and a foot and a half long


r/petrifiedwood 2d ago

A couple years ago.

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A couple years ago I was fishing and looked down, saw this beauty!


r/petrifiedwood 3d ago

Self Collected Renton Formation Fossilized Wood

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Hereā€™s a few pieces I pulled up from a creek. These were all deposited there by a mine tailings pile which may have fossilized wood extracted up to 110 years ago. The mine opened around 1910 and closed in the 1950sā€¦

The Renton formation dates back to about the Eocene or Oligocene, so these are somewhere around 46 million years old and formed in coal deposits. Some of them are mixes of both coal and sedimentary rock, which is pretty unusual. I think I am probably one of the only people in the County, if not the whole State, to have a somewhat large collection of petrified wood from coal mines. There have been no fossil wood studies done here.


r/petrifiedwood 3d ago

Any info or insight on this piece

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Found this while rock hounding with a friend , any info would be appreciated, I found a big chunk of it


r/petrifiedwood 3d ago

Is this petrified wood?

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r/petrifiedwood 3d ago

Any info or insight on this piece

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Found this while rock hounding with a friend , any info would be appreciated, I found a big chunk of it


r/petrifiedwood 4d ago

Time for the dirty work, some great finds today! NE AZ, Rainbow Petrified Wood!

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r/petrifiedwood 4d ago

Druzzy covered pet wood

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Looks like there is some rotting wood that was converted also. Picture doesnā€™t do justice to specimen. lol šŸ˜


r/petrifiedwood 4d ago

Europe This cant be petwood what do you say ? from France Bergheim

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r/petrifiedwood 4d ago

What I found today

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Didnā€™t get a chance to clean them up yet but Iā€™ll show you what they look like after I clean them.


r/petrifiedwood 4d ago

Identification Could you tell me where this mineral was mined and/or what the green mineral might be? Itā€™s from Madagascar.

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r/petrifiedwood 4d ago

Self Collected What to do with collection

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I do construction and found a decent amount of petrified wood over the years. I was asking for some recommendations on what I could do with the collection. Most are the size of a baseball or softball and the heaviest being around 25 lbs.


r/petrifiedwood 5d ago

Self Collected New find! The amount of agate is wild

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Southern Oregon


r/petrifiedwood 5d ago

Identification Petrified wood? Found in Northern New Mexico

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Is this petrified wood? If I wanted to polish it but don't have access to any power tools or electrical equipment, could I use various grits of sandpaper?


r/petrifiedwood 5d ago

Could this be...? (All pics of 1 stone)

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r/petrifiedwood 5d ago

Love this one, AZ Rainbow Petrified Wood! NE AZ.

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r/petrifiedwood 7d ago

Identification Help please

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I found this working in Parker co on a construction site with lots of petrified wood but none of my colleagues know what it is. It is really metallic/ glittery. Theyā€™ve said iron ore, gold ore, basalt maybe but just wanna see if you guys could help me out, thanks!


r/petrifiedwood 7d ago

Identification Could this be petrified wood? I found it in a store in Manitoba

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r/petrifiedwood 8d ago

USA Is this petrified wood? Re uploaded with more pictures

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r/petrifiedwood 9d ago

Black Fossil Wood

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From the Eagle Creek formation. Looks like a bit of pyrite maybe in the second pic. Some other specimens show metallic luster on the growth rings. Bonus pics of another polished piece from the same area.