The way Angela Piller, collections manager at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, tells it, Mary Murphy was on a dig for petrified wood when she stepped out of her camper and promptly ...

In the case of petrified wood, these minerals tend to be silica, calcite, pyrite or another inorganic material, such as opal, according to the Quekett Microscopical Club, one of the world's oldest ...

Walk among fossilized trees in Mississippi at one of the only petrified forests in the Eastern United States, gazing at the ancient remnants of the area.

Classified as a fossil, petrified wood is created from plant material such as fallen trees overlain with layers of sediment including mud and volcanic ash along with dissolved minerals carried by ...

Opal, often regarded as one of the most dazzling minerals, can develop within a variety of natural structures, including ...

John Rogers is vice president of the Mississippi Gem and Mineral Society. Rogers said that this event is showcasing types of rocks that can't be found except for a show like this. There was also a ...

Petrified wood, geodes, ... Delicate minerals, like the examples found sparkling in museums, often require little modification for their beauty to shine.

Nate White of Milton and a member of the Washington State Mineral Council shows a piece of cut and polished petrified wood while on a field trip with amateur rock hounds in the Cascade foothills ...

Enthusiasts can find petrified wood, agates, opal, geodes, crystals and more. WA state rock hounds dig forests, beaches for ‘treasures’ | Tacoma News Tribune Local ...

Nate White of Milton and a member of the Washington State Mineral Council shows a piece of cut and polished petrified wood while on a field trip with amateur rock hounds in the Cascade foothills ...