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The Petrified Forest National Park is located in Northern Arizona. It is located 26 miles east of Holbrook and just off of I40. In northeastern Arizona, a badlands desert known as The Painted Desert e

Petrified Wood is found all over the world. Countries with well-known petrified wood deposits include: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, The Czech Republic, Germany, Ecuador, Egypt

The colors in Petrified Wood come from minerals present during formation.  Petrified Wood may retain the details of the original wood, but often the bright colors are not common in the actual wood and

Fossil and Petrified Wood Definition by OakRocks   Here is a list of the Time Periods. Cambrian: 600-500 million years ago  Ordovician: 500-440 million years...

Below I will discuss what Petrified Wood actually is and how it is formed. Recently we bought a very large collection of Petrified Wood mostly self-collected in the Southwest United States from the 19

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 specialty. However, recently we bought a HUGE collection and

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 into Petrified Wood began when we purchased an amazing collecti

Another type of “damage” seen in Petrified Wood is from insects. Though origin and evolutionary history of this is poorly understood to date, as the fossil record is scarce, evidence for herbivory ins

Limb cast are some of the most beautiful “Petrified Wood” around.  But what is a limb cast? Limb cast begin the same way that Petrified Wood does, trees are buried quickly under several hundred yards

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. On the back a handwritten note says: “6472-Tsuga sp. Hemlock

Although "tree" is a common word, there is no universally recognized definition of what a tree is.  As I continue my pursuit in learning about Petrified Wood, I realize that there aren’t a lot of good