“Do you have any rocks or minerals in the car with you?” asked the park ranger. “Yes, a geode and piece of petrified wood that we purchased at the gift shop,” my father said. “Is it wrapped up?” asked ...

Petrified wood is a fossil that is the remains of ancient vegetation, most commonly ancient trees. It occurs by a natural action known as permineralization, a process in which mineral deposits take on ...

Petrified Forest National Park is the only national park in the U.S. with a section of old Route 66. The park is also home to ...

Local rockhounds took advantage of a cool May weekend to haul chunks petrified wood out of a creekbed near Rayburn Country. The Pine Country Gem and Mineral Society of Jasper hosted the field trip, ...

YAKIMA — Researchers at a national science laboratory in Richland have found a way to achieve in days what takes Mother Nature millions of years: converting wood to mineral. The ability to make ...

The Ranch was the place to be for local rockhounds, gem collectors, fossil buyers, petrified wood and fluorescent rock fans over the weekend. The Fort Collins Rockhounds put on the 53rd Gem and ...

How does ordinary wood turn into petrified wood, which feels like rock? asks a reader. A petrified log may look like an ordinary wooden log, complete with growth rings and bark. But touch it, and ...

A number of U.S. states have an official fossil, and Louisiana is one of them. Find out why this fossil is recognized by the ...

The new attraction looms over other minerals and gems in the museum’s main hall. The massive trunk stands nine feet tall and weighs four tons. The pre-historic log comes from a rare mineral deposit in ...

You just got your IRS tax refund and now you're presented with some cash to go out and buy one of a kind minerals and fossils from your local geology shop or online at a fossil and mineral marketplace ...