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unusual facts about petrified wood


Good Scouts

He tries to chop down a petrified tree and pitch a tent with bad knots causing the nephews to laugh.


Herbert E. Gregory

Among many other achievements, he was the fist to name and describe the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, which is famous for preserving extensive fossil evidence of Late Triassic terrestrial ecosystems, including fossilized logs.

Paleontology in South Dakota

Only a few plant specimens were discovered, but these included fossil hackberry seeds and petrified wood.


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Kopai River

Microliths of crystalline stone and petrified wood from about 1250–1000 BC are found in many places in the Ajay-Kunur-Kopai river system.

Kunur River

Microliths of crystalline stone and petrified wood from about 1250–1000 BC are found in many places in the Ajay-Kunur-Kopai river system.

Margalla Hills National Park

Fossils of seashells, plants, petrified wood and early sea lifeYorgia waggoneri are abound.

Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals

Collections include petrified wood, various fossils, fluorescent minerals, meteorites, zeolites, and a variety of other minerals.

Sweet Home, Oregon

Sweet Home has also been featured on the Travel Channel program "Cash and Treasures" for an abundant petrified wood find at Holleywood Ranch between Sweet Home and Holley, Oregon.