After serving nearly 30 years as a doorstop for a nuclear physicist, a hunk of petrified wood from Arizona has finally been recognized as a one-of-a-kind find.

The company gained national recognition for its ability to cut and polish large pieces of stone and petrified wood and polish these large slabs to a high shine. James Drake was born in 1844 in ...

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 ...

In late 2012, researchers at the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research viewed the surfaces of polished petrified oak samples under a microscope and found clear indications of ...

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 ...

The Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park Interpretive Center has displays showing hundreds of species of petrified wood, all polished and in various sizes. Informational videos also are shown ...

Two conditions are required for petrified wood to form: an anoxic environment to stop decomposition, and exposure to water saturated with minerals. One common way for those conditions to come ...

Rockhounds gather petrified wood near Rayburn Active local club has full ... are no fossil owls or rock racoons in this forest frozen in stone. ... to cut slabs and polish stones.

Byers' petrified wood had the healing curls. When the piece was cut and polished, he could also see a light-colored band dividing the pre- and post-fire growth, a mark that is also found in modern ...