While the dinosaurs are long gone, some of their footprints and the fossilized remains of the ancient trees (also known as ...

Whilst staying in Andamooka, South Australia, in 1966, searching for opals around the mouth of an opal mine ('noodling')I found a small stone tool made from petrified wood. The wood clearly shows ...

The wood is petrified, meaning that it has been turned to stone. For petrified wood to form, organic material is replaced by minerals - in this case iron and calcium carbonates - while the plant ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value and its scientific value. But in Indonesia, miners who risk their ...

While most come to see one of the world's largest concentrations of brilliantly colored petrified wood, many leave having glimpsed something more. The current 346 square miles of Petrified Forest ...

Materials with relatively high thermal mass, such as stone, concrete, rammed earth, and brick, can absorb significant heat during the day and release it slowly when temperatures drop at night ...

South Dakota producer Terry Springer has amassed a collection of ice age bones, teeth, petrified wood, stone tools and a host of unidentified geological specimens. Each year, erosion draws a ...

Along with the blue clay, you’ll see your first instances of petrified wood—fragments of ancient trees turned to stone. The ...

Petrified Forest is best known for its ancient trees that have crystallized over 225 million years into rainbow colors. The park also features fossils from huge 18-foot crocodile-like creatures known ...

This got us thinking: Is there a difference between jewels and gems? To find out—and to uncover gemstone meanings—we chatted with jeweler Lisa Salzer, founder of Lulu Frost Jewelry and Charm’d by Lulu ...