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 Post subject: Petrified Wood Clock
PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 1:03 am 
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Can anybody help me with this clock from Brasil,,,, what stone is it made of....


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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:02 pm 
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Easier to point out what it's not.
not amethyst, amazonite, aquamarine, citrine or rose quartz.


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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:34 am 
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Barbra Voltaire wrote:
Easier to point out what it's not.
not amethyst, amazonite, aquamarine, citrine or rose quartz.


l have some close ups of the stone,,,, l it will help...


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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:29 am 
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Petrified wood.

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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:18 am 
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junk!

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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 11:39 pm 
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The bottom left picture looks a bit like fossilized wood.


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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
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G_Madison wrote:
junk!


Thanks for your nice comment, hope you will have a nice day... :D


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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
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dchallener wrote:
The bottom left picture looks a bit like fossilized wood.


yes look here, it looks like the years of the wood right...


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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 1:09 am 
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As Allen said, it is petrified wood.


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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
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Barbra Voltaire wrote:
As Allen said, it is petrified wood.


Thaks for your help with my clock, now l know what l am selling.... :D


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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:55 am 
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Yep, just like my friend Gary said, junk!!


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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
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Qld Barry wrote:
Yep, just like my friend Gary said, junk!!


What is wrong with you, why do you call other people stuff for junk, its not very nice.

how can a nice piece of wood made by mother nature be junk.....


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 Post subject: Re: Clock of stone
PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:07 pm 
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One of my most prized possessions is a large slice of petrified wood given to me by Si and Ann Frazier. But it is not a Gem, it is a fossil specimen.

That being said, you are posting a lot of pictures of things which are not gems, asking for identification.
These items do not belong in the CSI Section.
It is my fault for not moving these posts to the Fossils, Minerals & Curiosities sections.


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 Post subject: Re: Petrified Wood Clock
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It is my fault for not moving these posts to the Fossils, Minerals & Curiosities sections.


So I did. 8)


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 Post subject: Re: Petrified Wood Clock
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Barbra Voltaire wrote:
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It is my fault for not moving these posts to the Fossils, Minerals & Curiosities sections.


So I did. 8)



thanks for your help, but why can people just make normal comments, we can not all be experts of gem stones, l just startet 6 mds. ago, we all have to start one place right. give people a chance to learn about this very big topic....dont atack the new members with bad comment, l have seen it before on your web side...and l dont like it, its disrespektfull to other people...l dont know if there are some grumpy old menn with personel problems here.

Petrified wood is fossilized wood with the mineral composition of jasper, chalcedony and, less frequently, opal; it consists of silicon dioxide only.

so even when the organic matierial is replact of the mineral composition of jasper is not a real gem stone. is that correct understud of me....but you are right there are some wery nice pices of the wood, and some with no color like this one l have, see pic.

Have l nice day, here in manila the pope left after 5 days visit, and all is back to normal. Morning 9 aclock....


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