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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 18:30:09 GMT -5
I picked this up hounding out at Railroad Buttes here in South Dakota. At first I thought it might be petrified wood. I ran across an auction on eBay for Banded Tiger Iron from Wyoming and it looks very similar, but it didn't have the same colors as this piece. It was only tan and black. So, a google search brought up a bunch of photos, and a lot of them had multiple colors, but a lot on there were wavy rather than straight lines. So, any thoughts as to this being Banded Tiger Iron?  |
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 18:44:12 GMT -5
it killer looking rock
BIF would have been one of my guesses
does feel really dense heavy?
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 19:03:06 GMT -5
it killer looking rock BIF would have been one of my guesses does feel really dense heavy? I love the colors in this thing! I had to go back outside and pick it up to check the weight/density. It does feel "heavier" than it looks like it should...which would indicate iron. However, I just took our pinpointer (metal detector) out there and it didn't register any metal whatsoever in the vicinity of that rock...which I don't know if it should or not, but I thought I'd try that while I was out there. |
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 19:07:13 GMT -5
interesting jase
not sure what it means
but its interesting
ya think it would register
if its mineral bearing ore
we need know the answer to this...
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rockstock
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Post by rockstock on Nov 24, 2020 19:10:05 GMT -5
Looks more wood like than banded iron
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 19:12:08 GMT -5
I got some =BIF
that I'm 99.9% sure is
got it from real knowledgeable hounding dude vendor
I took a quick picture I'll get up
it not to great of photo- in the setting Phoenix sun
but the banding looks similar to your piece...
don;t knohwatzamutter4mohs
but I don't have a metal detector..
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 19:13:19 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 19:15:54 GMT -5
mohs - hmmmm Here's a couple pics of the end of my piece...  
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Post by rockstock on Nov 24, 2020 19:16:34 GMT -5
Have a picture from the base? It looks like the black or "bands" aren't all the way through and just sporadic color changes, like wood can be. Banded Iron should be more distinguished, a lot of the time
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 19:19:22 GMT -5
Have a picture from the base? It looks like the black or "bands" aren't all the way through and just sporadic color changes, like wood can be. Banded Iron should be more distinguished, a lot of the time If it is, that would seriously make me happy! I was hoping this was petrified wood, but there's so many colors compared to other pet wood I've found, I started thinking it might be the Banded Tiger Iron... |
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 19:19:54 GMT -5
how big is your piece
how much does it weigh
not that you have to that now
My chunk is 7" X 3" X 3" thick
weighs close to 2lbs
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 19:20:52 GMT -5
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EricD
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Post by EricD on Nov 24, 2020 19:29:40 GMT -5
Petrified wood
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 19:33:03 GMT -5
Have a picture from the base? It looks like the black or "bands" aren't all the way through and just sporadic color changes, like wood can be. Banded Iron should be more distinguished, a lot of the time I took a couple pics and was posting them at the same time you posted this... LOL I see it doesn't have the same type of banding going all the way through like Ed's piece... how big is your piece how much does it weigh not that you have to that now My chunk is 7" X 3" X 3" thick weighs close to 2lbs I was already doing this LOL! It measures 4"x5.5"x1.25' Weighs 31.79oz (1.987 pounds) It seems "heavy" and "dense" - but it doesn't have the same banding like yours does, where the bands seem consistent throughout the whole piece... |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 19:34:20 GMT -5
100% ? ? ? If so, I found a couple decent hillsides with quite a few pieces I think... |
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Post by EricD on Nov 24, 2020 19:48:24 GMT -5
The patterns and colors are consistent with wood, and the shape is also. It's weathered like ancient wood does also
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 19:54:51 GMT -5
according to weight
I'm gonna go with BIF
and we need an answer soon ha ha
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 20:11:25 GMT -5
There a long story behind this huge BIF That I posted on RTH  Its in the archive Under 75,000,000 dollars look it up later see i'm tired ...been grinding all day |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 20:28:31 GMT -5
There a long story behind this huge BIF That I posted on RTH Its in the archive Under 75,000,000 dollars look it up later see i'm tired ...been grinding all day HOLY SMOKES!!! I'm in absolute awe on this one Ed!!! Get some rest!  |
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 20:35:57 GMT -5
I enjoy pushing it when I can with rock pals Jase!
doesn't happen often enough
so keep going until they pry my cold fingers from the rock ,,,
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