#Fossil wood

[anywhereinafrica]

live, somewhere in Africa

[briery]

Opal in petrified wood, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Gem and Mineral Hall Collection. By Stan Celestian on Flickr. (Hi-Res)

[geologyin-blog]

Wood fragment fossilized in orange translucent chalcedony. Indonesian Miocene. A beautiful fussion between paleontology and mineralogy!

Photo: Juarezfossil

José Juárez Ruiz

[addicted2wasps]

I was today years old when I heard about the incredible Incense-Cedar Wood Wasp. Syntexis libocedrii is the only living species of Symphytan in the Anaxyelidae. It is considered a living fossil since the family has an extensive Mesozoic fossil record. It has the unique ability to oviposit in burnt incense-cedar. The wood is often still smoldering when the sawfly is laying its eggs. Nature is fascinating.

[housecow]

I'd pay so much money to hear you give a lesson on paleontolgy. Whenever you write about you seem so formal and passionate ✨️

this is sooooo sweet but i guarantee you don’t want this bc the first lesson would be on terminology and the geologic timeline, some of the most boring but fundamental shit 😭😭

or, hear me out—that but my feeder is stuffing me more and more. the lesson keeps getting interrupted by sips of weight gain shake and many belly rubs

[ghostowlattic]

[beau-minerals]

[archaeologysucks]

A random piece of petrified wood that I found in with some imported gravel fill.

(sorry there is some background construction noise on the video)

[spaceguy44]

My fluorescent (glowing) rock and radioactive materials collection that I've been building for about a year with my partner. Looks cooler IRL than what my phone camera can do. I've labelled everything with the color they glow as the text color.

[whywishesarehorses]

Dino/fossil based wood burnings for sale!

1 - aurochs, 5" round, $30

2 - trilobite, 3" round, $20

3 - trilobite #2, 3" round, $20

4 - giant ground sloth, 4" round, $25

5 - bat ish skeleton, 3" round, $20

6 - pterodactyl, 5" round, $25

7 - Archaeopteryx, 9x7" slab, $90

8 - fish, 3" round, $20

[srlgemstone]

Petrified Wood Log 6.51 lbs (2.95 kg) 

[megpricephotography]

Flynn likes to be involved with everything I do. If he sees me crouch down to look at something &/or pick it up, he likes to come & inspect it as well. In case it's interesting. Or edible. Or both.

In this case, I'd found a fossil. According to Flynn this falls in the "Not Interesting" category but he gave it a polite sniff all the same. Like I politely praise him when he finds & shows me puddles & molehills. We humour each other.

Such a teeny tiny fossil! It's one of the smallest I've found. Probably at least 420 million years old, which is just completely wild.

[geologyin-blog]

Chalcedony stalactite from Indonesia

I apologize. After further searching, this is not a petrified wood, but rather a chalcedony stalactite that has been marketed as petrified wood.

Credit: Pretty Little Gem Co., Ltd

[witchhazelevesque]

Immortal!Frank but only because his tinder got petrified, and now he's existing in this in-between state that's genuinely fucked him up

[fluentisonus]

that's my emotional support thing i picked up off the ground and put in my jacket pocket six months ago and now whenever i wear the jacket & put my hands in my pockets like to touch & turn over for comfort

[fishingforwords]

only history is set in stone

andy goldsworthy || nico j. genes, magnetic reverie || fossil with geodes || jacob riis || wood from petrified forest national park || dictionary, definition of petrification || jorge luis borges || japanese hotel sign || two types of bismuth crystals