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 ...
Where is Petrified Wood Found? - (Post)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, Egyp ...
The Colors of Petrified Wood - (Post)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 wo ...
What is Petrified Wood? - (Post)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 1 ...
Petrified Wood and Fungus - (Post)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 an ...
Limb Cast or Petrified Wood - (Post)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 seve ...
The Samuel and Ruth Kirkby Petrified Wood Collection - (Post)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 collect ...
Petrified Wood and Insect Borings - (Post)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 ...
All About Trees - (Post)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 ...
Fossil and Petrified Wood Definition - (Page)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 ago Silurian ...
Petrified Woods - (Page)Petrified Wood is also known as fossilized wood. The name Petrified Wood comes from the Greek root petro meaning "rock" or "stone", so stone wood or wood turned into stone. It is technically a ps ...
Washington Rocks and Minerals - (Page)Washington's Petrified Woods are some of the finest in the nation. The Petrified Woods not only represent a broad range of colors and patterns, but also represent a wide range of identifiable spec ...