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.

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 …

May 15, 2017 · Of course, petrified forests are closely related to surface geology. The presence of volcanic activity in the region, lawn ripple traces, siliceous lakes, pyroclastic cover is the …

Dec 15, 2025 · The petrified wood from that area (which is CRAZY common, we used it for rocks in our garden beds and decoration because there was so, so much) is Jurassic in age.

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 10, 2024 · Is this petrified wood by any chance, or just a schist? I know this question gets asked all the time but it's hard for me still to tell them apart. I got it in Germany but not sure of …

Feb 9, 2019 · The Basic Dinosaur Egg Guide Many people often mistake a concretion for an egg, to help clarify what is a concretion, and what is a real egg, here is a guide. A quick overview …

Jul 17, 2018 · Rather than writing information about coprolite identification on multiple threads, I thought I would post information about coprolite identification here so it can be referenced in …

Apr 7, 2023 · Petrified wood is tremendously common in my area in all different shapes, colors and sizes. I don't see any of the hallmarks of wood grain in your rocks that I would expect to …

Apr 8, 2019 · Analysis of the petrified wood and surrounding material confirmed that the three most prominent constituents, in descending order, were silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, and …