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Let me state this right up front-I am not an expert in petrified wood. I have been in the lapidary business for over 40 years, and have, on

This is a piece of petrified forest floor! It is from the Kirkby collection and it was self-collected sometime in the 1930's to the 1960's.

The Kirkby's were well-known and well-respected in the rock and fossil world. If you have been following my blogs-you know that my foray int

Although "tree" is a common word, there is no universally recognized definition of what a tree is.  As I continue my pursuit in learnin

Another type of “damage” seen in Petrified Wood is from insects. Though origin and evolutionary history of this is poorly unders

Once again, I would like to explain that, though we have been in the rock and mineral business for 40 plus years, Petrified Wood is not our