Orange agate?

[william kossack]

I picked up a chunk of wood at the Denver Woodworking show that the seller was calling Orange Agate?

Anyone have any idea what this wood is? I can't find any reference on it.

[Charlie Self]

wskossack asks:

Osage orange? What does it look like?

Charlie Self "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing." Redd Foxx

[George E. Cawthon]

Was this wood petrified?

[william kossack]

It is not osage. I also queried in the turners newsgroup. The best response I got from one wood turner is that it is a new wood out of peru.

It is orange with nice grain patterns. They had a couple small turned items out of it that seemed to have kept its color sofar but only time will tell.

Much of their stock was crack> wskossack asks:

[rcook5]

Say what you will about petrified wood, it is damn sure dimensionally stable.

--RC (who works it all the time)

Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine?

[max]

Could you mean Orange Osage? max