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To: Jamestown1630

No..wood turns to stone and can be tested by age. We’ll see.


46 posted on 09/30/2026 4:21:13 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: maddog55

I think that would depend on conditions at the site. Not all wood becomes fossilized.


48 posted on 09/30/2026 4:24:54 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: maddog55

To be petrified, wood needs to be buried and have a large, large volume of water flow through it for centuries that carries the minerals in solution (usually silica) that essentially replaces the wood. This would not be a good place for that.


54 posted on 09/30/2026 4:32:45 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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