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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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To: crusty old prospector

https://awkwardbotany.com/2015/07/01/how-to-make-petrified-wood/

FYI


110 posted on 09/30/2026 6:53:52 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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