[Rockhounds] petrified wood from Glass Buttes, OR?

[Charles Baran]

Friends:  I have been to Glass Butte only twice, but spent a lot of time 
traversing the Butte.  I found nothing that looks like the description 
of the "wood".  Lots of mahogany obsidian, some that is nearly all 
mahogany colored and dull, but still, clearly, obsidian and not wood.

Chuck Baran

DonH wrote:

> Tim Fisher wrote:
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>> No. Sounds like petrified wood. There is mahogany, black, and sheen 
>> obsidian and misc. volcanic rock at Glass Buttes. There is 
>> opalite/myrickite next door at the old mercury mines. The closest 
>> petrified wood is at Hampton Buttes and your piece doesn't sound like 
>> it comes from there (it's usually green or "woody" colors, not red). 
>> What is your neighbor smoking? :D
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> Thanks for the quick answer... so you're saying there is no petrified 
> wood at Glass Buttes?
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> I will ask him EXACTLY where he got it.
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> Be nice... this is just a case of someone trying to give the best 
> explanation they have with what they know.  I could imagine someone 
> mistaking this for a piece of pahoe'hoe flow.  photo later this evening.
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> Best,
> Don
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