jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 26, 2015 11:31:12 GMT -5
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Post by iant on Sept 26, 2015 11:33:42 GMT -5
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Post by grizman on Sept 26, 2015 11:44:24 GMT -5
Those are some reallly pretties! What a treat for a pet-wood lover like me.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 26, 2015 15:23:03 GMT -5
You're welcome, jamesp. Ya did me proud with them, those are beauties. All your tinkering, trying, adjusting and thinking outside the box has certainly paid off. You had asked if "they are common or do you have to work to fill a gallon?" They are not real common, but I'll bet there is a lot out there. We would pick them up whenever we saw them, and next time out, after the wind had rearranged the landscape and uncovered more, you could pick up more. Due to the rangers put there getting serious about the "hands off" policy, we probably won't be going to OW any more. But pet wood can be found anywhere out in the desert, on public (for now) lands.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 26, 2015 17:04:16 GMT -5
You're welcome, jamesp. Ya did me proud with them, those are beauties. All your tinkering, trying, adjusting and thinking outside the box has certainly paid off. You had asked if "they are common or do you have to work to fill a gallon?" They are not real common, but I'll bet there is a lot out there. We would pick them up whenever we saw them, and next time out, after the wind had rearranged the landscape and uncovered more, you could pick up more. Due to the rangers put there getting serious about the "hands off" policy, we probably won't be going to OW any more. But pet wood can be found anywhere out in the desert, on public (for now) lands. Seemed like the more that ground of the prettier they got. Almost did not tumble them because of the natural wind polish. Just had too many different colors and textures. Saved some of the wind polished ones. Must have some serious wind storms out there.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 26, 2015 17:06:01 GMT -5
Those are some reallly pretties! What a treat for a pet-wood lover like me. Pet wood Southern California style Mr. grizman.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 26, 2015 17:07:09 GMT -5
These are all stunning! Great shine on those Jim. Were gonna have to have those eyes checked out Ian.
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 26, 2015 18:03:06 GMT -5
Really nice wood but you know me, I like the orbs the best. Boy some of that wood is a dead ringer for eastern AZ stuff. Very nice colors!.....mel
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Post by jamesp on Sept 26, 2015 19:21:43 GMT -5
Really nice wood but you know me, I like the orbs the best. Boy some of that wood is a dead ringer for eastern AZ stuff. Very nice colors!.....mel Have to talk to Jean about it's origin Mel. Arizona wood is nice if I remember right. That was about half of the bunch, still more color variations. The orbs were waxy looking and pimpled from the wind before tumbling.
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 26, 2015 20:20:01 GMT -5
Shine baby SHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by nowyo on Sept 26, 2015 21:23:59 GMT -5
That's some nice wood and you did a great job with it.
Russ
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Post by quartz on Sept 26, 2015 22:46:16 GMT -5
Good run on a nice variety. rockpickerforever, you need to traipse the desert with loose shoelaces, need to bend down to retie frequently.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 27, 2015 10:13:38 GMT -5
Really nice wood but you know me, I like the orbs the best. Boy some of that wood is a dead ringer for eastern AZ stuff. Very nice colors!.....mel Have to talk to Jean about it's origin Mel. Arizona wood is nice if I remember right. That was about half of the bunch, still more color variations. The orbs were waxy looking and pimpled from the wind before tumbling.
Yes, those were all collected from OW. But I would say most of the petrified wood looks like this:
Brown, blah. Not colorful, but lots of interesting features and textures. The colorful, rounded, wind-polished stuff has been transported there via the Colorado River, from points north. Very similar to pet wood in Western AZ, I don't know about eastern. I haven't done much hounding in eastern AZ.
Last time in Quartzsite, we made a short trip to a location in one of the field guide books, south of Ehrenburg, along the Colorado River. The field trip was listed as "river cobbles." There was a lot of variety, some agates, fossils, pet woods. Will definitely hit that area up again next time out there. We followed the books directions, looking in the bluffs and canyons on the east side of the river. But next time, will go into the off-road park a few miles south of the I-10, and look up on top of the plateaus as well.
Seemed like the more that ground of the prettier they got. Almost did not tumble them because of the natural wind polish. Just had too many different colors and textures. Saved some of the wind polished ones. Must have some serious wind storms out there.
I like to think that tumbling miles down the river over time was the coarse grit, the sand-containing wind the polish. Don't know when I'll get back out to look for more, but probably already have a buttload here. I'll have to see if I can find some other goodies. You are so easy to please, James. Will see what I have in the way of the spotted ones (alien candy!) as well. The tumbling really did enhance them.
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Post by drocknut on Sept 27, 2015 10:58:31 GMT -5
Nice wood
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Post by jamesp on Sept 27, 2015 11:03:48 GMT -5
Focused on that weigh scale. What is that thing ? I hear you about wood transported vs local stuff. Same game in S Texas on the Rio. And similar situation with wood carried down from upstream seems to be the best in terms of being well silicified/hard. The trip knocks all the soft stuff off rockpickerforever.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 27, 2015 11:09:17 GMT -5
nowyo drocknut fossilman quartzSomehow rockpickerforever needs to be an indentured servant stationed at Ocotillo Wells collecting this stuff. Wish there were some big rock bars full of it. The alien orb eggs turned out fine. Already perfectly egg shaped and hard as a brickbat. Easy tumble with no sun bleached coating, just waxy rich agate. Tumbler's delight.
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Post by orrum on Sept 28, 2015 9:15:18 GMT -5
Iant said it all!!!
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Post by jamesp on Sept 28, 2015 9:38:20 GMT -5
iant a goodman. Paid him to say that.
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Post by iant on Sept 28, 2015 10:31:11 GMT -5
iant a goodman. Paid him to say that. Did you send it by Paypal? Cant see it. Will check account again later.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 28, 2015 11:16:03 GMT -5
iant a goodman. Paid him to say that. Did you send it by Paypal? Cant see it. Will check account again later. Ima a liar liar pants on fire.
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