Souvenir commemorating the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. Tjhe souvenir is a slab of petrified wood label attached reading CHICAGO 1893 [/] SOUVENIR [/] WORLD'S COLUMBIAN ...
This rosy-pink chunk of petrified wood from Utah's Chinle Formation is the oldest-known fire-scarred fossil. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After serving nearly 30 years as a doorstop for a nuclear physicist, a ...
All Texas county seats have historic roots, but they can’t touch Glen Rose. Its roots reach back 110 million years to the forests that once covered Central Texas. Those trees are seen today in ...
Nature continues to prove that it is the ultimate artist, crafting beauty that defies imagination. A recent discovery in ...
Petrified wood is a fossil that is the remains of ancient vegetation, most commonly ancient trees. It occurs by a natural action known as permineralization, a process in which mineral deposits take on ...
Fossilization is an invaluable process for gaining a window into the past, but it can also create a tripping hazard. The way Angela Piller, collections manager at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks ...