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Post by beefjello on Jul 16, 2007 21:53:37 GMT -5
For all the wood lovers out there, here's something I found next door in the neighbor's yard OK.. so maybe that one's gotta couple million years to go still. Try this one, it's a black palm slab that I recently picked up. It's from Wyoming
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Post by Cher on Jul 16, 2007 21:55:31 GMT -5
Love the palm tree and the fossilized one too.
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Post by Lady B on Jul 16, 2007 22:08:54 GMT -5
Hey, we have a lot of those guys in the first photo down here in Florida so all I need to do is stick around for a while, huh?
I love the scrigglely-wigglies in pet palm.
Lady B
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Post by adrian65 on Jul 16, 2007 22:20:18 GMT -5
Beautiful slab! You tricked me with that first pic Adrian
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Post by Condor on Jul 16, 2007 23:24:19 GMT -5
LOL. I see the first pic, and go "what the," then I see the next ones. Too funny. Nice petrified palm wood.
Condor
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Post by joe on Jul 16, 2007 23:59:18 GMT -5
Ha ha! Nice before and after pics.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2007 0:27:01 GMT -5
Pretty cool, never seen that type color before.
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Post by rollingstone on Jul 17, 2007 2:49:48 GMT -5
Definitely palm, nice pattern. What are you planning to do with the slab?
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Post by creativeminded on Jul 17, 2007 8:54:33 GMT -5
Wow, the colors of that is incredible. Tami
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Post by Debs on Jul 17, 2007 17:22:28 GMT -5
I love palm wood. Lots of interesting colors and patterns.
Debs
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Post by dtcmor on Jul 17, 2007 17:29:06 GMT -5
Very nice piece Brian! I have some regular Pet Wood pieces that also have that dark pattern to it. Makes for some spectacular finished tumbles.
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Post by connrock on Jul 17, 2007 17:31:49 GMT -5
That's a beauty of a slab!!
connrock
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Post by texaswoodie on Jul 17, 2007 18:59:15 GMT -5
Nice palm wood Brian! I've found some black here, but so far, not any large pieces.
Curt
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Post by Tonyterner on Jul 18, 2007 13:04:52 GMT -5
Technically speaking palm isnt a wood, its a grass. That said, nice piece of pet wood.
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Post by stefan on Jul 19, 2007 10:27:33 GMT -5
nice wood- Don't see the patterns like that too often- especially in the darker stuff!
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Post by beefjello on Jul 19, 2007 21:17:55 GMT -5
Thanks guys! Don, some day I intend to cut a cab or two from it. I guess that remains to be seen. Tony, grass you say eh? Hmm.. didn't know that.
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Post by Lady B on Jul 19, 2007 21:40:00 GMT -5
Technically speaking, palms are actually flowering, fruit-bearing plants with a single stem that turns hard (becomes "woody") as the plant grows. All living palms can be traced back to a single primeval ancestor which makes them pretty unique in the plant world. The palm also produces the largest seed and grows to the greatest height of any non-tree plant. Throughout human history they have been used to represent peace, victory, and fertility. It's really pretty neat to find one of these in the petrified state--its DNA would be very similar to a living palm of the same genus. Until I saw them posted here at RTH I had no idea that palms could petrify like trees. So many other plants end up only as trace fossils embedded in limestone or other rocks. I love how much information is shared here at RTH. It's like always being in school. Lady B
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