petrified wood – Coconino Lapidary Club

St. Patty’s Day Field Trip to Dobell Ranch

Martin Dougherty — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:12:47 +0000

We had thirteen club members drive out to Dobell Ranch to collect petrified wood. Everyone was in high spirits, and the weather was cooperative, providing us with a gorgeous day. We had so much fun both Linda & I forgot to take photos. Here’s a link to the Dobell Ranch website’s photo gallery: https://azpetrifiedwood.com/gallery

Noah Dobell was incredibly helpful and generously donated a bucket of petrified wood and a bunch of dinosaur bones for us to use in our Kids Zone at our show in June.

Field Trip Report – Gray Mountain

Martin Dougherty — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:12:46 +0000

December 20, 2017 – We had seven club members head out to Gray Mountain to collect Petrified Wood and Jasper. The morning started out a bit cooler than most of us found comfortable, but by the time we got to our second stop the wind had died down and the temperature was as nearly perfect as I’ve ever felt it out there.

We followed several dirt tracks just to see where they went and found plenty of the rocks we were looking for – including a few specimens of Petrified Wood sporting delightful druzy crystals. The Jasper was plentiful in a couple of spots just off the main road into the BLM area we were collecting in.

As several of us hadn’t followed the main road all the way out to the Little Colorado river before, we took that drive, which is well worth it if you enjoy amazing sandstone sculptures.

Dec 2018 Trip to Dobell Ranch

Martin Dougherty — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:21:46 +0000

Our December 8th field trip to Dobell Ranch began with a chilly morning meet at Silver Saddle Rd. A scant, lucky, seven members ready to scout the open pits and grounds strewn with multi-colored Arizona Petrified Wood.

Our host, Rhonda Dobell and grandchildren, helped by pointing out some of the better material. It was as if we were shopping in a candy store with so many potential specimens to choose from, you ended up having to be very selective as to what you were bringing home. I think we all found what we wanted and then some. We all would like to have the tree trunks decorating our yards, but decided to be reasonable!

Lunch was prepared for all of us and we had fun with the younger grandkids. Then, when everyone was leaving, there were hugs for all around from the kids.

A very successful field trip that I’m sure we will make a repeat visit to, early next year.

Martin & Linda Dougherty

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September Field Trip to Gray Mountain

Martin Dougherty — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:56:25 +0000

September’s field trip was well attended and productive, eight club members departed from the Market at Silver Saddle and State Route 89 for Gray Mountain. Upon our arrival to the area, Andrea Eubanks led the way to our primary collecting site, winding through geologic sandstone formations to a plateau above the Little Colorado River . There we fanned out across a wide area finding broken pieces of Petrified Wood left behind by a massive flood eon’s ago. Our recent rains helped uncover some cut-able prizes.

Members present, included Andrea, Gordon, Alan, Loewn, John & Beth and Marty & Linda.

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St. Patty’s Day Field Trip to Dobell Ranch

Martin Dougherty — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:27:20 +0000

Noah Dobell was incredibly helpful and generously donated a bucket of petrified wood and a bunch of dinosaur bones for us to use in our Kids Zone at our show in June.

Field Trip Report – Gray Mountain

Martin Dougherty — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:36:25 +0000

As several of us hadn’t followed the main road all the way out to the Little Colorado river before, we took that drive, which is well worth it if you enjoy amazing sandstone sculptures.