If you are quick and have more money that you know what to do with, you might be lucky.

The brow horn from one of nature’s most distinctive dinosaurs, this Triceratops remnant dates from the late Cretaceous (67-66 million years ago) period and is 33 inches (84cm) tall on its stand.
Christies Lot 68, May 21, 2020
Estimate: £15,000 – £25,000 (US$18,750 – US$31,250)

This one-off collectible pen was created from a single block of Muonionalusta meteorite. The Muonionalusta meteorite pattern displayed on the barrel of the pen shows the rare space crystallization known as Widmanstätten pattern. Offered together with a dice which is also made of Muonionalusta meteorite with pips inset with diamonds, measuring 1.2 cm.
Bonhams, May 21, 2020
US$1,800 – US$2,500 (US$2,250 – US$3,125)

This magnificent table measures 571⁄2 × 411⁄2 × 153⁄4 inches (146 × 105 × 40 cm) and the tabletop is a thick slice of petrified Araucarioxylon arizonicum wood that is 225 million years old.
Christies Lot 83, May 21, 2020
Estimate: £10,000 – £15,000 (US12,500 – US$18,750)

This complete pre-17th Century Elephant Bird egg has a diameter of nine inches (22.5 cm), measuring 12 1/4 inches (31cm) at its maximum.
Christies Lot 41, May 21, 2020
Estimate: £30,000 – £50,000 (US$37,500 – US$62,500)

From the Maastrichtian late Cretaceous (68-65 million years ago) period, this Triceratops prorsus skull has 38-inch horns (measured to the brow) and is mounted on bespoke stand. It measures 87 × 52 × 87 inches (221 × 132 × 221 cm)
Christies Lot 44, May 21, 2020
Estimate: £150,000 – £250,000 (US$187,500 – US$312,500)

Whole Megalodon jaws are rare, but several reconstructed jaws have gone to auction with the cheapest and smallest we’ve seen going for $8,750 at a Bonhams auction in 2016. The reconstructed Megalodon jaw above sold at another Bonhams auction in 2013 for $74,500.

After having broken off its parent asteroid 320 million years ago, a massive iron mass wandered through interplanetary space until a close encounter with Earth on February 12, 1947. This small fragment of that spectacular meteorite weighs 428 grams, and measures 41⁄2 × 21⁄2 × 2 inches (11.5 × 6 × 5 cm). Wrapped in a patina of aerodynamic thumbprints on all surfaces, the reverse is largely planar, testimony to where it was shorn from another mass along a crystalline plane.
Christies Lot 30, May 21, 2020
Estimate: £1,500 – £2,500 (US1,875 – US$3,125)

PermeateFree said:

This magnificent table measures 571⁄2 × 411⁄2 × 153⁄4 inches (146 × 105 × 40 cm) and the tabletop is a thick slice of petrified Araucarioxylon arizonicum wood that is 225 million years old.
Christies Lot 83, May 21, 2020
Estimate: £10,000 – £15,000 (US12,500 – US$18,750)

That’s a bloody nice table!

Hmmmm….

Rule 303 said:

PermeateFree said:

This magnificent table measures 571⁄2 × 411⁄2 × 153⁄4 inches (146 × 105 × 40 cm) and the tabletop is a thick slice of petrified Araucarioxylon arizonicum wood that is 225 million years old.
Christies Lot 83, May 21, 2020
Estimate: £10,000 – £15,000 (US12,500 – US$18,750)

That’s a bloody nice table!

Hmmmm….

Compared with some prices on that UK antique show, the cost of that table seems very reasonable, considering that it is 10 orders of magnitude older than the average antique.

No

dv said:

No

I have a Megalodon tooth fridge magnet, and a large chunk of petrified wood that is an outdoor seat.

Michael V said:

dv said:

No

I have a Megalodon tooth fridge magnet, and a large chunk of petrified wood that is an outdoor seat.

I too have a piece of petrified wood in the backyard. Although it is not tall enough to use as a seat, it has the most exquisite colouring in each of its rings, from black to rust to light brown.

Speedy said:

Michael V said:

dv said:

No

I have a Megalodon tooth fridge magnet, and a large chunk of petrified wood that is an outdoor seat.

I too have a piece of petrified wood in the backyard. Although it is not tall enough to use as a seat, it has the most exquisite colouring in each of its rings, from black to rust to light brown.

Do i have a big horn?

Hmmm….

Speedy said:

Michael V said:

dv said:

No

I have a Megalodon tooth fridge magnet, and a large chunk of petrified wood that is an outdoor seat.

I too have a piece of petrified wood in the backyard. Although it is not tall enough to use as a seat, it has the most exquisite colouring in each of its rings, from black to rust to light brown.

I’ve got opalised annelids.

roughbarked said:

Speedy said:

Michael V said:

I have a Megalodon tooth fridge magnet, and a large chunk of petrified wood that is an outdoor seat.

I too have a piece of petrified wood in the backyard. Although it is not tall enough to use as a seat, it has the most exquisite colouring in each of its rings, from black to rust to light brown.

I’ve got opalised annelids.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Speedy said:

I too have a piece of petrified wood in the backyard. Although it is not tall enough to use as a seat, it has the most exquisite colouring in each of its rings, from black to rust to light brown.

I’ve got opalised annelids.

I think there’s a cream you can get…

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Speedy said:

I too have a piece of petrified wood in the backyard. Although it is not tall enough to use as a seat, it has the most exquisite colouring in each of its rings, from black to rust to light brown.

I’ve got opalised annelids.

Nice :)

I’ve got a fulgurite, does that count?

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

I’ve got opalised annelids.

I think there’s a cream you can get…

WB&D?

Spiny Norman said:

I’ve got a fulgurite, does that count?

Hey, Bill.

Fulgurite

is all right

but it’s not right

tonight.

Spiny Norman said:

I’ve got a fulgurite, does that count?

yeah. Interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgurite#/media/File:Fulgsdcr.jpg

captain_spalding said:

Spiny Norman said:

I’ve got a fulgurite, does that count?

Hey, Bill.

Fulgurite

is all right

but it’s not right

tonight.

But I like it.

Spiny Norman said:

captain_spalding said:

Spiny Norman said:

I’ve got a fulgurite, does that count?

Hey, Bill.

Fulgurite

is all right

but it’s not right

tonight.

But I like it.

Michael V said:

I have a Megalodon tooth fridge magnet, and a large chunk of petrified wood that is an outdoor seat.

roughbarked said:

Speedy said:

I too have a piece of petrified wood in the backyard. Although it is not tall enough to use as a seat, it has the most exquisite colouring in each of its rings, from black to rust to light brown.

I’ve got opalised annelids.

Call me five kinds of jealous.

That’s a wonderful set of objects, both scientifically valuable and valuable as collectables.

The only one I’ve even seen for sale before is the complete elephant bird egg.

mollwollfumble said:

Michael V said:

I have a Megalodon tooth fridge magnet, and a large chunk of petrified wood that is an outdoor seat.

roughbarked said:

Speedy said:

I too have a piece of petrified wood in the backyard. Although it is not tall enough to use as a seat, it has the most exquisite colouring in each of its rings, from black to rust to light brown.

I’ve got opalised annelids.

Call me five kinds of jealous.

That’s a wonderful set of objects, both scientifically valuable and valuable as collectables.

The only one I’ve even seen for sale before is the complete elephant bird egg.

Particularly when someone else dug it up and threw it away in the case of the annelids. Imagine the opal gougers disgust.

I found what looks like a chunk of petrified wood the other day. Seems out of place given the soil type.. but I am no geologist

Ian said:

I found what looks like a chunk of petrified wood the other day. Seems out of place given the soil type.. but I am no geologist

All basalt here. No chance of fossils etc. I’ve got a lava tube though.

Tamb said:

Ian said:

I found what looks like a chunk of petrified wood the other day. Seems out of place given the soil type.. but I am no geologist

All basalt here. No chance of fossils etc. I’ve got a lava tube though.

Ooo.. lava tube

Ian said:

I found what looks like a chunk of petrified wood the other day. Seems out of place given the soil type.. but I am no geologist

I found a whole road made of that. It was easy to see that the petrified wood had been dumped thhere but I had no idea where it had come from. I did hang around for a while to see if a local drove past but it was one of those lonely strecthes of road and none did.

Tamb said:

Ian said:

I found what looks like a chunk of petrified wood the other day. Seems out of place given the soil type.. but I am no geologist

All basalt here. No chance of fossils etc. I’ve got a lava tube though.

How did you manouver that into your study?

Ian said:

Tamb said:

Ian said:

I found what looks like a chunk of petrified wood the other day. Seems out of place given the soil type.. but I am no geologist

All basalt here. No chance of fossils etc. I’ve got a lava tube though.

Ooo.. lava tube

It’s only a small one unlike the Undara ones about 150km from here.

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

Ian said:

I found what looks like a chunk of petrified wood the other day. Seems out of place given the soil type.. but I am no geologist

All basalt here. No chance of fossils etc. I’ve got a lava tube though.

How did you manouver that into your study?

Digitally.

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

All basalt here. No chance of fossils etc. I’ve got a lava tube though.

How did you manouver that into your study?

Digitally.

:)

Ian said:

I found what looks like a chunk of petrified wood the other day. Seems out of place given the soil type.. but I am no geologist

There’s fossil wood in the Nymboida Beds.

Along with the segmented annelids, there are other fossils. ie; I have jars full of belemnites.

Tamb said:

Ian said:

I found what looks like a chunk of petrified wood the other day. Seems out of place given the soil type.. but I am no geologist

All basalt here. No chance of fossils etc. I’ve got a lava tube though.

Immediately under basalt, there’s a chance of fossil wood. Basalt initially flows down streams at the bottom of valleys. Any wood in the gravels or sands of the streams has the potential to be fossilised.

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Ian said:

I found what looks like a chunk of petrified wood the other day. Seems out of place given the soil type.. but I am no geologist

All basalt here. No chance of fossils etc. I’ve got a lava tube though.

Immediately under basalt, there’s a chance of fossil wood. Basalt initially flows down streams at the bottom of valleys. Any wood in the gravels or sands of the streams has the potential to be fossilised.

There are three distinct lava flows with some soil etc between them so there is a chance of finding something.

what is all this wood so scared of?

Any wood in the gravels or sands of the streams has the potential to be fossilised.

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Ok ta. Mine was found about 60 m from the old creek line.

Arts said:

what is all this wood so scared of?

Dunno but it petrifies me to think about it.

Arts said:

what is all this wood so scared of?

First it was afraid, but then it worked out some way to survive.

Have got one of these as well.

roughbarked said:

Have got one of these as well.

There’s no writing on it but it looks like a Stanley, it’s typical Stanley yellow.

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

what is all this wood so scared of?

Dunno but it petrifies me to think about it.

Petrified or ossified?

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

Have got one of these as well.

There’s no writing on it but it looks like a Stanley, it’s typical Stanley yellow.

Could be a knockoff

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

Have got one of these as well.

There’s no writing on it but it looks like a Stanley, it’s typical Stanley yellow.

:)

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

Have got one of these as well.

There’s no writing on it but it looks like a Stanley, it’s typical Stanley yellow.

Could be a knockoff

He got it right the first time.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

There’s no writing on it but it looks like a Stanley, it’s typical Stanley yellow.

Could be a knockoff

He got it right the first time.

Yes. I’ve got one but the marks are senti meters

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Could be a knockoff

He got it right the first time.

Yes. I’ve got one but the marks are senti meters

So’s mine but I cut them off.

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

He got it right the first time.

Yes. I’ve got one but the marks are senti meters

So’s mine but I cut them off.

Best thing to do with that foreign French muck.

I found a fossilised dinosaur egg in my teens, but my paternal ancestor smashed it to tiny bits (literally) in a fit of pique.

btm said:

I found a fossilised dinosaur egg in my teens, but my paternal ancestor smashed it to tiny bits (literally) in a fit of pique.

Did you kick his shins?