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

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 ...

Although museum staff haven’t seen them in person yet, they were able to confirm that two of the fossils — petrified wood — are likely from the Cretaceous Period, 66 million to 145 million ...

In 1966 whilst staying in the opal-mining area of Andamooka,South Australia, looking for opals around the mouth of an opal mine (noodling)I found an aboriginal stone cutting implement made from ...

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 ...