Random Pictures Thread

Nubsnstubs said:
I see just a little bit of Agatized wood. Most looks like it might be permineralized.
Do you live anywhere Kiowa, Co? On my last trip a couple years ago, I came into Colorado on I-70, then down to 86 to get me to Colorado Springs. When I first saw the Rockies, I stopped to get a picture. I stepped out onto a bunch of beautiful Agatized wood. I was about 10 miles east of Kiowa. Of course, being a Flintknapper, I spent about an hour along the roadside picking up what I could. The largest piece was about 5 pounds, but I'm sure the ranches in the area had tons of it. Drooling is what I did during that stop thinking about all the land around me having more and larger pieces.
I worked at Petrified Forest for 1039 hours about 15 years ago. During that time I learned that every state has pet wood deposits, but you have to know where it is. ............. Nubs
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Actually, I'm in the area of Kiowa which is know for the petrified wood. We get about 95% terra-cotta-ish colored petrified wood with the other 5% being agatized with wide variety of colors and translucence. And we do have it in abundance on the ridgeline that we live on.

When we first moved here, I had no idea what all this "broken pottery" was that we had scattered everywhere. Once I figure out that it was P-wood, I started collecting it ... by the 100's of pounds. Then I stopped doing that as it got ridiculous. So now, we only pick up the some of the 5% that is more-special (that's gotta be a real term, right?)

I'll put up some pics at some point.
 
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Mike Hill said:
At the last couple of gem and mineral shows I've attended, I've struggled to find any petrified wood to buy, and you have it in your backyard!
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We find it in pretty large scattered veins along our ridgeline. My neighbor who lives up the road from us, pulled out some pieces when he build his barn that were 3-5 foot long and about 18" diameter. On my lot, it is mostly smaller material ... but by the bucket load. Lots of tumbling size up to about 5-lbs. Rarer are the larger pieces like I showed above.
 
Mike Hill said:
The last two photos in this post are what a TN Troglodyte imagines what living in NYC is about - except for one thing. Not as many people on the street as I would have assumed - perhaps incorrectly. Is it some sort of Chinatown?
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@Mike Hill - this was Sunday, so it is not congested. During rush hour during the work week, peak in the morning then into the afternoon including Saturday it is mobbed and very busy. I am including a map to show you relatively where I started (in sequence with the photo) and slicing through parts of Chinatown. Those 2 views are sub arteries. The main busy artery is Canal St., perpendicular to the Bowery. I am including a photo where you get dumped off from the Manhattan Bridge to a large intersection (Canal St. and the Bowery)- you can see the big white billboard at the back ground? 2
more block west into Broadway is part of the boundary of Chinatown. Chinatown 2 main Streets is Mulberry and Elizabeth Street where it meets Little Italy. If you look at the map, the red dash lines is the area of Chinatown- it hovers through other neighborhoods and it is a city within a city by itself (about 2 square miles, 55 square blocks).

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Not to dump too much on this random-pictures-thread ... but here are a few pictures of the petrified wood on my lot.

The first two pictures show the average type that we find; sort of a terracotta color with some patterning. Third picture is of the 120-lb piece and a bunch of other nicer looking pieces. The rest of the pictures show some of the better quality pieces that we've collected as specimens or for tumbling.

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Steelart99 said:
Not to dump too much on this random-pictures-thread ... but here are a few pictures of the petrified wood on my lot.

The first two pictures show the average type that we find; sort of a terracotta color with some patterning. Third picture is of the 120-lb piece and a bunch of other nicer looking pieces. The rest of the pictures show some of the better quality pieces that we've collected as specimens or for tumbling.

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I'll be there next week. :sofa: ............ Nubs
 
This picture was taken near @Gdurfey's house. The only reason I took it is I was a Heavy Equipment Operator while in the Army. I operated a Clark Michigan 175AM like this one, a little larger than the one pictured. It's the only one I've seen like it since I got out in 1967. Brings back some memories.
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@Steelart99, Below are some pictures of the Pet wood I got near Kiowa. Picture 3, 4, 5, and 6 might be the same piece are a branch or small log not any larger than 2" OD and about 7-8" long. I think it wouldn't turn very well with any of the lathes we have. But, they are pretty. It is Agatized under the cortex.
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These 2 pictures show the innards of the wood. Comparing these and the pet wood at the Rainbow Forest in the Petrified National Forest, these are so much better looking . Rainbow forest though has more colors, much larger trees, but they don't have the yellow colors that Kiowa Pet wood has.
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The last picture is about 6" round and about 3-4 thick.
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It was a beautiful day and took these on the Hudson Pier 46 by sculptor Stephan Weiss called “The Apple” (2004) out of bronze. Look at the myriads of color and patina that bronze go through over the season. The color shifts happens due to the exposure. The inside of it is still the pure color of the bronze. The natural shutter hole of this apple gave me an opportunity to shoot the background of New Jersey skyline (Newport Center-Hoboken; Hoboken Terminal Clock):

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Arn213 said:
It was a beautiful day and took these on the Hudson Pier 46 by sculptor Stephan Weiss called “The Apple” (2004) out of bronze. Look at the myriads of color and patina that bronze go through over the season. The color shifts happens due to the exposure. The inside of it is still the pure color of the bronze. The natural shutter hole of this apple gave me an opportunity to shoot the background of New Jersey skyline (Newport Center-Hoboken; Hoboken Terminal Clock):

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Hey Trevor @vegas urban lumber how much would that scrap out for... @Arn213 , you better tell them to keep the lights on that apple!
 
vegas urban lumber said:
depending on weight and thickness of castings. brass and bronze sell for about $2.58 to $3.00 per lb as scrap currently.
wrong neighborhood here, it wouldn't last overnight
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I'm guessing at 3 tons, they probably paid in excess of $250,000.00 to commission it.
if a known or famous artist guessing closer to $750,000.00+
also at 3 ton it's not likely to grow legs and disappear
 
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