Petrified Wood

  • Petrified wood is a type of fossil that forms when the organic material in wood is replaced by minerals, turning it into stone while preserving the original structure of the wood.
  • The first step for wood to become petrified is that trees end up being buried by sand of volcanic ash or some other substance and there for take a long time to rot.
  • Petrified wood can be found in many different colors. What color the stones will be is dependent upon the chemicals in the soil.
  • To preserve petrified wood for thousands of years and protect ....
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