just curious, something I found Options

[jay]

Hello,
I joined this forum to see what I found today in Elizabeth, CO. I was walking around a job site today and found what I think is petrified wood. The other guys there said I was crazy, so I kept walking around and found a rather symmetrical rock. This may be common but I thought it was neat.
The other rocks seemed to have some sort of crystallization, could I cut these open or just a common rock to the wonderful rocky mountains?

[RhodoRose]

Hi Jay,
Welcome to the forum!

The top photos look like the petrified wood I've found from Calhan north to Franktown and Elizabeth. I've read that in the past, kids used to set up tables and sell pieces of petrified wood along Elbert Hwy and Hwy 24.

Interesting - a couple of years ago I found a perfectly round piece of granite, around 3" dia, on Pikes Peak which looks like your 4th/5th photos. I took it to a rock shop in the Springs and asked the same question about cutting it. I was advised that it was just a tumbled piece of Pikes Peak granite and cutting it would be a waste of time. Never was sure whether to completely believe that... (makes a nice paperweight, though.)

Cheers!
RhodoRose