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Post by woodman on Nov 12, 2023 11:03:36 GMT -5
The last pictures are Oak for sure, and the first ones are most likely oak. |
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Post by woodman on Nov 12, 2023 16:44:23 GMT -5
  These two unfinished cabs are both Stinking Water cabs. The need to get back out in the shop! Been laying on computer desk way too long! |
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Post by khara on Nov 12, 2023 17:39:16 GMT -5
woodman In your Oak identification above, of the slab pictures, which lines are the tree rings? In the last picture especially there are stripes that run almost horizontal on the photo and then another set of stripes that run almost vertical. Which set would be the rings? I feel like one set of stripes must be caused by how the wood petrified like filled cracks or something and I’m assuming these are the brighter/lighter stripes. The first photo doesn’t have this two-directional stripage, it’s a little muddier but it looks like the bright stripes go along the grain or along the rings.
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Post by khara on Nov 12, 2023 17:41:59 GMT -5
orneryboi Did you happen to get any pics of the rough before you slabbed it?
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Post by woodman on Nov 12, 2023 21:57:09 GMT -5
woodman In your Oak identification above, of the slab pictures, which lines are the tree rings? In the last picture especially there are stripes that run almost horizontal on the photo and then another set of stripes that run almost vertical. Which set would be the rings? I feel like one set of stripes must be caused by how the wood petrified like filled cracks or something and I’m assuming these are the brighter/lighter stripes. The first photo doesn’t have this two-directional stripage, it’s a little muddier but it looks like the bright stripes go along the grain or along the rings. In your last photo, the bright lines are rays, most Oak have them. the growth rings are 90 degrees to them. A super macro cameras setting should show the rings and cell structure. |
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Post by woodman on Nov 12, 2023 22:01:37 GMT -5
 In this photo of SW Oak, the rays run vertical and t4he growth rings horizontal. |
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Post by khara on Nov 12, 2023 23:34:35 GMT -5
Interesting woodman Thank you. I will need to look up these rays to learn more about them. |
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 13, 2023 8:01:53 GMT -5
In this photo of SW Oak, the rays run vertical and t4he growth rings horizontal. Looks just like a lot of the oak furniture I've seen. |
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Post by orneryboi on Nov 13, 2023 16:20:42 GMT -5
orneryboi Did you happen to get any pics of the rough before you slabbed it? On this batch I did not... I'm usually pretty good about the before and after pics but I got a bit overzealous on these:) |
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Post by woodman on Nov 13, 2023 23:22:10 GMT -5
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Post by khara on Nov 14, 2023 5:05:46 GMT -5
woodman Oh, right, right, right! "In a transverse section they appear as radiating lines from the centre of the log." Duh. Didn't cross my mind just looking at small pieces of petrified wood. But, definitely I now get it. That's cool. I had been thinking they were a result of the aging and petrifying time period. This is neater, helps to more visualize the tree when looking at even a small piece of petrified wood.👍
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Post by woodman on Nov 14, 2023 14:46:07 GMT -5
 This photo of a Stinking Water Oak round shows the rays. Oak is not the only wood with rays and not all Oaks have them. I believe that this is from a limb. |
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 15, 2023 11:30:26 GMT -5
Here are some faintly visible rays in a twig cross section embedded within a coprolite.  |
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Post by pebblesky on Nov 15, 2023 11:42:15 GMT -5
Wow that is amazing!
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Post by woodman on Nov 15, 2023 17:11:22 GMT -5
Here are some faintly visible rays in a twig cross section embedded within a coprolite. A Two-fer!! looks great! |
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 15, 2023 17:32:03 GMT -5
Here are some faintly visible rays in a twig cross section embedded within a coprolite. A Two-fer!! looks great! Inside a number two, too! |
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Post by pebblesky on Nov 22, 2023 2:03:48 GMT -5
Some of my pet wood collections:  About five to six inches wide. Seems to be agatized as a whole? One small piece on the left side fell off and I will tumble the small piece to see how it will look.   This one is quite colorful and I hope to face polish it one day. |
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 22, 2023 10:20:17 GMT -5
I think both are worthy of at least a polished window somewhere.
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Post by realrockhound on Nov 25, 2023 13:31:32 GMT -5
Believe it or not. This is Swartz canyon oak. Been slabbing this piece up. There was a section of this piece that was agatatized and this was the result.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 26, 2023 18:25:20 GMT -5
Believe it or not. This is Swartz canyon oak. Been slabbing this piece up. There was a section of this piece that was agatatized and this was the result. I'm about to put some of this on dop and cab it some time this week... |
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