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Fire Stone: First Fire-Scorched Petrified Wood Found
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| August 12, 2014
| Becky Oskin
Posted on 08/24/2014 6:27:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
As someone who works a lot with petrified wood and other natural silicated materials, my guess is there are many similar examples that predate this one. Fossilized woods are found all over the planet and have been collected for hundreds or even thousands of years. The probable difference with this occurrence is that the "finder" knew how to interpret the "find."
Years ago I collected many pink chalcedony root "casts" deposited by water-borne silica in "molds" left by hardened lava after it had burned away the original trees and roots. I'll bet someone with a little time on his hands (and permission from the Park Service, the EPA, the IRS, the CIA and A.G. Holder) could find many similar examples in the Yellowstone Park region alone.
To: PUGACHEV
In a business near the park we saw a 30x60 table with a large slab of petrified wood inset in the top that was selling for $26,000.00.
I would think anyone who would pay %26,000 for it will take care of it and preserve it.
Why is it better to leave in the weather to deteriorate in the elements? All that looting and there was still so much it everywhere?
To: SunkenCiv
I’m not seeing it in the picture. Is the fire scar on the inside or outside of the petrified wood?
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08/24/2014 9:09:25 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: SunkenCiv
Taking petrified wood from Az will cause a curse to be upon you.
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posted on
08/24/2014 10:02:18 PM PDT
by
ReaganÜberAlles
(To be a Liberal is, by definition, to be anti-American.)
To: SunkenCiv
That was caused by global warming and it’s Bush’s fault.
Covered?
To: PUGACHEV
” Its a wonder there are any left,...”
Don’t sweat it, it’s a renewable resource.
To: SunkenCiv
Tell us how you came across a meteorite?
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posted on
08/25/2014 9:56:48 PM PDT
by
spyone
(ridiculum)
To: SunkenCiv
Is the meteorite magnetic? I read once that is how to prove a rock is one.
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08/25/2014 10:39:51 PM PDT
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Beowulf9
To: spyone
As I said, it’s a family heirloom, it was collected by the person who saw it fall.
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08/28/2014 8:32:51 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: smokingfrog; SunkenCiv
“Ill give you 50 bucks for it.”
I’ll go $60
To: left that other site; SunkenCiv
"You have a meteorite? Very Cool!"
Made a real mess digging it out, though:
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posted on
08/28/2014 8:51:26 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
To: PLMerite
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08/28/2014 9:58:43 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: PLMerite
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08/28/2014 11:05:13 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: left that other site; SunkenCiv
That is one mighty old door stop! :-) But what really had the nuclear physicist's colleagues concerned was his radium night light.
To: SunkenCiv
Have you ever tested it for radioactivity?
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08/31/2014 3:45:25 AM PDT
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SatinDoll
(A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
To: SatinDoll
Interesting idea, but it’s a carbonaceous chondrite.
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08/31/2014 3:52:17 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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08/31/2014 11:02:38 PM PDT
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SatinDoll
(A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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