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<blockquote data-quote="Kyle Weiss" data-source="post: 309941" data-attributes="member: 1969"><p>Excellent. Only one point of consideration: having something organic "turn to coal" is a very specific process, and because fallen trees can vary in species and locales, bodies of water, etc, the mineral content of said water, even the ground they lay within over time, can further petrify the wood (which is what "bog wood" is overall, a not-quite-petrified material) as organic material is replaced by various minerals. Coal is produced slightly differently, and usually from many organic compounds (peat and other swamp flora being the most common). </p><p></p><p>Coloration is not an indication of time spent under water or pressure, but more from the contents mentioned above. There's bog wood that comes from the Great Lakes area that stays a muted chocolate brown, and could be 15K+ years old. </p><p></p><p>Morta is beautiful, rare and fascinating stuff, and it can be made into fascinating and great-smoking pipes, provided the unique flavors and nuances of the wood suits your palate and tobacco. They don't always have to be large, I think the two I own are probably on the small side where morta is concerned. </p><p></p><p>Harlock, don't you have a morta pipe, or five :lol: ? I thought you did. :scratch:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kyle Weiss, post: 309941, member: 1969"] Excellent. Only one point of consideration: having something organic "turn to coal" is a very specific process, and because fallen trees can vary in species and locales, bodies of water, etc, the mineral content of said water, even the ground they lay within over time, can further petrify the wood (which is what "bog wood" is overall, a not-quite-petrified material) as organic material is replaced by various minerals. Coal is produced slightly differently, and usually from many organic compounds (peat and other swamp flora being the most common). Coloration is not an indication of time spent under water or pressure, but more from the contents mentioned above. There's bog wood that comes from the Great Lakes area that stays a muted chocolate brown, and could be 15K+ years old. Morta is beautiful, rare and fascinating stuff, and it can be made into fascinating and great-smoking pipes, provided the unique flavors and nuances of the wood suits your palate and tobacco. They don't always have to be large, I think the two I own are probably on the small side where morta is concerned. Harlock, don't you have a morta pipe, or five :lol: ? I thought you did. :scratch: [/QUOTE]
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