Sep 23, 2012 · Generally speaking there isn't really a distinction between petrified and fossilized. Petrification is sort of a Victorian-era garbage can word for fossilization.

May 29, 2022 · Below are some of the slabs/slices/limb casts of petrified wood from my collection. I'll post more pieces in latter replies. I especially like very colorful pieces and unusual pieces …

4 days ago · Could this be a petrified plant or gourd? It was found in Nevada along the Colorado River, has small crystals in both ends.

Mar 5, 2015 · I dug up a log of petrified wood from a coal mine in Brilliant, Alabama. The log wighed about 1200 pounds, The picture is one piece that weighs approximately 80 pounds. …

Aug 30, 2022 · I had the opportunity to cruise around Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah on my own for 5 days The first day of my fossil hunting excursion was to be spent at the Petrified Blue …

Jan 10, 2025 · I have some land about 10 miles east of Corsicana, Texas and I find a lot small piece's of regular petrified wood but I have dug up things that are petrified differently. It's …

Dec 23, 2024 · Since I will now have a couple of days off, I am trying to tidy up the collection a bit and determine species or at least genera where possible. I have a section of fossilized wood …

Mar 4, 2021 · You can create a form of "petrified wood" by exposing regular wood to a cave - like environment, and have the wood coated in travertine. Being porous, it might become infused …

Jul 6, 2014 · Are there lots of states that have no petrified wood, due to glacier activity? @minnbuckeye The internet is usually helpful IF you can find it. I find it interesting that this …

Dec 15, 2017 · As I recall the Blue Forest wood had interesting preservation that entailed a layer of algae that encased the pieces as well as silica-laded Eocene age volcanic ask that …