String fullTitle = 'Rockhounding';
int postNumber = 2722956;
String image = '1713735747684434.jpg';
String date = '04/21/24(Sun)17:42:27';
String comment = 'Are there ever rockhound threads on /out/? Found these in high desert colorado, curious if anyone knows what they are. They're part of a petrified wood collection I found in a washout (next pic) and I'm curious what the type is that gives this unique orange yellow hue.';
'And this is petrified wood, correct? Got a dozen smaller chunks just want to verify it's actually petrified wood.
Also it was public space before anyone gets their panties in a bunch.';
'>>2722957
>public space
by which I mean it was in previously untouched land between two new housing developments, so not public or private land really just a garbage wash with a few little coulees.';
'>>2722956
>I'm curious what the type is that gives this unique orange yellow hue
Best way to identify it is to lick it. Kek. But seriously, yellow-orange in rocks is usually from trace iron inclusions';
'>>2722956
Looks like a type of limestone. I think it is quite common for them to have parts that contain oxidized iron, at least that's what my local limestone has a lot of. Some of these cracked open can reveal fossils.';
'>>2722957
it does look a little bit like PW. Is it a spot known for it? I found a nice chunk of 50 million yr old redwood tree';
'>>2722957
I'm not sure if that is petrified wood. It doesn't really look much like anything in my collection. I'll post mine tomorrow if I don't forget.';
'>rockhounding
because "i collect rocks" didn't sound gay enough';
'>>2722956
>>2725333
this is part of my collection. it looks very different from yours.a couple of your rocks looks kinda like it could be but it's hard to tell.';
'I've been doing geotech in southeast PA for four years and can find alot of nice stuff on the job or quarried onto site. Got a long term site in the reading prong thats full of gneiss finds . Happily surprised to see a rock thread. Been tile sawing alot this year with my finds.';
'>>2726444';
'>>2726444
Best Fools Gold Vein I ever found cracking quartz looking for vugs on a site. Everything else is usually just pinhead sized bits in aggregate. We hauled alot of material but I could not find any more quartz. But i did find some nearly purple garnet in the Wilmington complex gneiss as we hit deeper beneath the oxidized layers';
'>>2726446
Looks great cut and polished.No solid angled crystals in it though unfortunately. I find alot of that in the mica schist around philly just to the north though';
'>>2726444
Case I did at local club's last show. It isn't tuscon but I'm always surprised at our turnouts.
The golf ball sized garnet I have should be in there.';
'>>2723307
here is a pic';
'>>2722956
Chert';
'>>2722957
I'll post mine. Providence is known, locale is Arizona (private land collection, not NPS or BLM). Yes it is petrified. I haven't bothered to polish it but you can see rings and bark and even a knot. Haven't weighed it but I would say it is about 10-15 lbs or on the lower side of that range, 8.5x11" notebook for reference.
1/3';
'>>2727156
2/3';
'>>2727157
3/3';
}