A few years ago a frontage road was put in along I-25 near Lonetree. I collected some very fine specimens of wood along that roadcut. Last weekend on my way up to the Jefferson County Fairgrounds I noted another new road going in near Happy Valley. I decided to go up there today and try my luck. The road graters and earth-movers have been very busy turning over rocks. I arrived late in the afternoon so as not to disturb the workers. I found petrified wood shards in a few places and decided to dig in the earth with my rock hammer uphill from the site and to my delight found quite a bit of fossilized wood. I discarded the orange jasper colored wood and concentrated on the more colorful agatized and opalized wood. Within 1 hour I had 25 lbs. Above are some pictures of my finds. The fossilized bark on some of the pieces was remarkable. I left some nice pieces behind for others, maybe I will return again another day.
How and where can I get rocks identified near Thornton/Northglenn, CO.? I think one is Jasper attached to maybe Jasperized wood or at least wood of some kind. I might have found it in Yellowstone years ago or somewhere. Another one is a rock but has different other items in it, bones or bone maybe. I'm 68 and just curious.
ReplyDeleteIf there is a rock Club near you, try them. You can send me a pic, but seeing something in person is always better. Some rocks are difficult to identify without testing them. I have a rock at the Colorado School of Mines waiting on identification. There may be a group of FB that helps with identification as well
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