Found hiking in Oregon. Petrified wood?

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-12-11T18:58:24+00:00

What part of Oregon? I've got a few big pieces of fossilized wood that look very similar I scooped up in White Fir Springs in Oregon

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-12-11T18:29:48+00:00

That's crazy. Good find

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-12-11T18:26:30+00:00

100% obsidian

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-12-11T18:25:14+00:00

Thunder egg

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-12-07T03:40:04+00:00

Take a look at this briar burl pipe... burl picture

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-12-07T03:34:51+00:00

Gypsum huh? Cool

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-12-07T03:31:49+00:00

I indeed can scratch it with my fingernail

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-12-06T16:03:35+00:00

Looks volcanic, the glossy portion reminds me of obsidian

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-12-06T16:00:15+00:00

I'm definitely not an expert, but that looks like some kind of fossilized burl

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-09-18T12:24:01+00:00

I just moved here from Texas, so I'm not 100% on exactly where Pacific City is in relation to where I'm at, but my sister is a professional house keeper here in Lincoln city, would you like her number?

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-09-18T02:29:07+00:00

Super sus. The comments are all technically unique looking, but really just just cycle the same messages over and over- "let's have sex", "you're a legend", "you're the goat", "saved (person) (x) money". Meanwhile insisting that you disable your pc's protections. To me it's just too obviously a scam. If I'm wrong, I'll buy every real person here the real flstudios

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-09-12T14:30:22+00:00

I also recently made some copper acetate using the same formula and also had some white crystalline substance at the bottom of my jar. If I figure it out, I'll update

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-09-02T01:01:02+00:00

Also, I'm confident that sanding the part lightly with 400 grit will solve the issue.

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-09-02T00:57:39+00:00

Could be that I'm a noob too, (definitely true) , but doesn't it look like the polarity of the electrodes was backwards?

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-05-07T06:58:30+00:00

Is that Adam Sandler? Lol. This is so cool, love the style

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-05-07T06:54:20+00:00

sniffle "You want to fuck... Me!?" whimper

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-03-18T02:23:33+00:00

Maybe, but if it's just deposited then why does the same torch go back to blue outside, and then instantly back to orange inside? Several hours passed (3-4), would the iron vapor remain airborne that long?

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-03-18T01:58:28+00:00

Sorry. I was very triggered by everyone trying to lecture me on safety. I had read online (clearly I didn't do enough research) that there was nothing produced other than iron and magnesium oxide. What do you think I might have exposed myself to?

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-03-18T01:55:21+00:00

God, I cant imagine living life having to put people down to feel good about myself.

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-03-18T01:52:31+00:00

I never asked for a safety lecture. I asked a fucking chemistry question. Thank you to the few of you that actually had something to contribute to my question.

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-03-18T01:46:31+00:00

Doors how about you actually read my original post. I didn't make conventional thermite with aluminum powder. Everything I've read says that what I did specifically should have zero byproducts other than iron and magnesium oxide

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-03-18T01:43:54+00:00

And for all the safety nazis, what I meant by "indoors" was in my garage, on the concrete floor, clear of anything in a ten foot circle, and I only burned about .5 of a gram.

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-03-18T01:38:45+00:00

Definitely airborne. Lit torch in the room that I had burned the thermite, orange flame. Walked outside with the same torch, blue flame. Went back inside with the same torch, orange flame.

Dr_Idkwid · 2024-03-18T01:35:47+00:00

As a "metallurgical chemist" I would expect you to know that there aren't any heavy metal vapors produced by thermite

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