Estate sale find, cross-post

[krazyace]

Can one of you take a look at this? It appears to be some type of petrified wood but looks to clean for that, I almost wonder if it is man made but you can actually see where the stone and wood fibers connect and run into each other. Thanks for any info?

 

[Nashoba]

there is certainly a possibility that it is wood....I have petrified wood that looks just like wood, and some looks like glass. Kinda hard to say because the pics are a tad blurry for me to see them perfectly. There are other things it could be as well?
~Nash~

 

[goldinmypan]

looks a little like onyx to me. Sometimes you see book ends made of it.

 

[diggummup]

What size is it?

 

[spartacus53]

What size is it?

That picture looks like it was taken with a macro lens and I bet it's no bigger than a quarter.

 

[krazyace]

What size is it?

That picture looks like it was taken with a macro lens and I bet it's no bigger than a quarter.

Lol, sorry my camera is outdated. I will try to get some decent scans. It is approximately 1.5"

 

[mojjax]

it might be an agate paperweight

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/2..._Paperweight_Acrylic_Paperweight_Crystal.html

 

[cheese]

Looks just like petrified wood to me. I have pieces very similar. It's not too clean to be petrified wood.

 

[Nashoba]

Actually that looks like alabaster rather than wood...............
~Nash~

 

[lostcauses]

I agree with he onyx and a paper weight.

 

[wheelerite]

probably not wood,looks like some type of banded agate or lace agate and looks like a base for some sort of small trophy.
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