I went to a farm in Australia 5-6 hrs away from Sydney when we go there it was a beautiful farm 1800 akers of untouched valley when I was walking I came across Quartz a lot of it too! Them this on rock stood out when I was pulling the Quartz from the ground I looked for more p ices that looked the sam but couldn't find anything that was the same I got home and was confused parents denied that is was fossilised wood just stone, the fossil aw stone what ever it is feels different and never seen something like it so please help I'll attach photos and you guys can judge! I just figured out I can't attach it from my iPad does anyone know how ?? Edit by Enmos: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
It could be fossilized wood, but many processes of mineral formation can produce a grain pattern similar to that of wood. In the fossilization process, minerals gradually replace soluble organics. Probably not worth the effort to ask someone to carbon date it for you unless you suspect the wood is of an exotic variety that would make it a noteworthy addition to a geological museum.
Wood rarely fossilizes the way bones and teeth do, because an organism evolved with the specific ability to digest wood: the mushroom. Before mushrooms, dead trees lay on the forest floor for eons because nothing could break down the lignin in their cells. The Petrified Forest in Arizona is an amazing region in which dead trees lay on the ground for so many millions of years that eventually the force of water rinsed out the organic compounds and replaced them with minerals. But this is exceedingly rare; in fact I don't know if there is another one anywhere. A more common way for ancient trees to be fossilized was to be buried and squeezed by the pressure of the soil on top of them. Eventually the carbon in them turns to coal, petroleum or natural gas. It's sobering to realize that, because of the humble mushroom, which uses the enzyme lignase to break down wood cells, there will never be new deposits of fossil fuels for us to use. What we have now is all that will ever exist.
Could very well be. My friend was walking around Mt. Hood in Oregon, and found a piece of petrified wood weighing about 7 pounds! Landslides are common on steep slopes, and the buried wood is prevented from rotting.
Comparing your pics to the Australian sale of petrified wood, could very well be it, but doesnt seem like its worth a lot. it goes for 15$ to 70$ if its petrified wood. http://www.aradon.com.au/petrified_wood.html
This is certainly similar topetrified wood! Were you in Queensland by any chance? Also, can you post pictures of the dissected stem (interior)?
Please do not angry with me. Actually i am a new and this subject is totally new for me. Thank you for understanding..
No one is angry with you. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Having just looked at the photos, it could be, but it also looks like it is possibly covered in clay? Have you tried to give it a very good scrub under running water? If you found it in an area where there were lots of quartz, it could be a chunk of rock one often finds in clay soil type areas. If you could post a photo of the top or bottom, so that we can see what is on the inside? I am curious, if it was in NSW, was it around Lake Macquarie that you found it?
I not upset at all. I am not sure why people are talking about ore. Maybe i missed something. Not a big deal just wondering.
As mentioned by others, I need to see the end views of the sample and the other side also. It could very well be fossilised wood, but there are other possibilities. I have a nice sample at home that is about one foot long and 6-7 inches wide. I got it in the desert just outside Cairo, in a location where there are square miles of almost entire tree trunks scattered across the land. If you were able to give a more precise location that would also help.
